Bio Vocab

The repeating structural unit in muscle fibers responsible for contraction.

The folding of a protein into alpha helices and beta sheets.

Detects changes in the body, such as fluctuations in temperature or pH.

The rapid contraction of muscles to generate heat in cold conditions.

A disease caused by a missense mutation in hemoglobin, leading to deformed red blood cells.

A substitution mutation that does not change the amino acid sequence.

The part of the ER that synthesizes lipids and detoxifies harmful substances.

The process by which cells develop structures suited to specific functions.

The process of removing introns from pre-mRNA and joining exons to create mature mRNA.

The codon (AUG) that signals the beginning of protein synthesis.