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Question 1

What does antiparallel mean?

Answer 1

Two things in opposite directions facing at each other

Question 2

What bonds are broken by helicase?

Answer 2

hydrogen bonds

Question 3

What nitrogen bases pair with each other?

Answer 3

A with T, C with G

Question 4

What is an Okazaki segment?

Answer 4

One of the segment of replicated DNA made by the lagging strand that have to be glued together by Ligase.

Question 5

What does DNA Polymerase III do? About how fast is it?

Answer 5

It is the main enzyme that matches corresponding nitrogen bases at an impressive rate of 1,000 bases / minute

Question 6

What does Ligase do?

Answer 6

It connects the Okazaki segments and does one final inspection to make sure everything looks right.

Question 7

What functional group is able to pair with a 5’?

Answer 7

Phosphate

Question 8

What functional group is able to pair with 3’

Answer 8

hydroxyl

Question 9

Why is there a leading and a lagging strand?

Answer 9

Because DNA is antiparallel and is going in opposite directions