Biochemistry WGU C785 - Module 1 Hydrophilic - CORRECT ANSWER Having an affinity for water.Hydrophobic - CORRECT ANSWER substances that are not soluble in water. Hydrophobic substances include large, uncharged particles like fats and oils solvent - CORRECT ANSWER A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances Solute - CORRECT ANSWER A substance that is dissolved in a solution.Adhesive - CORRECT ANSWER Having the ability to stick to other surfaces. 1 / 2
Cohesive - CORRECT ANSWER having the ability to stick together Heat of Vaporization - CORRECT ANSWER The amount of energy required for the liquid at its boiling point to become a gas Anticodon - CORRECT ANSWER Three-base sequence in a transfer RNA molecule base that pairs with a complementary codon in mRNA Central Dogma of Molecular Biology - CORRECT ANSWER DNA -> RNA -> Protein
This paradigm was formulated by Grancis Crick: First, a portion of the DNA,
a gene, is transcribed to produce a complementary strand of RNA; then RNA is translated into protein
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