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Controlling the Code: Molecules at Work WorksheetControlling the Code: Molecules at Work Worksheet
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Controlling the Code: Molecules at Work

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For this DNA worksheet, students access a website to learn about how single-celled organisms function successfully. Then students pretend they are a bacterium and determine how to transport lactose across their cell membrane for food. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.

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dna, deoxyribonucleic acid, transcription

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dna, regulatory molecules, repressor protein, transcription, science
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9th - Higher Ed
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Science
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