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Is a laboratory technique used to make multiple copies of a segment of DNA
A genetic structure in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosomes, typically a small circular DNA strand in the cytoplasm of a bacterium or protozoan
Relating to or denoting an organism that contains genetic material into which DNA from an unrelated organism has been artificially introduced
An organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor or stock, to which they are genetically identical
The transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders
Is a collection of microscopic DNA spots attached to a solid surface
The analysis of DNA from samples of body tissues or fluids, especially when conducted in order to identify individuals
Scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime
Containing genetic material that has been artificially altered so as to produce a desired characteristic
Any of the pairs of the hydrogen-bonded purine and pyrimidine bases that form the links between the sugar-phosphate backbones of nucleic acid molecules
A compound that is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
A compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
A compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of nucleic acids. It is paired with guanine in double-stranded DNA
A compound that is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. A pyrimidine derivative, it is paired with adenine in double-stranded DNA
A phosphorus atom bound to four oxygen atoms
A sugar derived from ribose by replacing a hydroxyl group with hydrogen
The action of copying or reproducing something
Is a type of enzyme that is responsible for forming new copies of DNA, in the form of nucleic acid molecules
Are enzymes that bind and may even remodel nucleic acid or nucleic acid protein complexes
Is an enzyme that synthesizes short RNA sequences called primers
An enzyme that brings about ligation of DNA or another substance
Ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells
The form of RNA in which genetic information transcribed from DNA as a sequence of bases is transferred to a ribosome
A molecular component of a ribosome, the cell's essential protein factory
RNA consisting of folded molecules that transport amino acids from the cytoplasm of a cell to a ribosome
Is the process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA
An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of an RNA strand from a DNA template
A set of three adjacent nucleotides
corresponding to a complementary codon in messenger RNA
Is a step in protein biosynthesis wherein the genetic code carried by mRNA is decoded to produce the specific sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain