Chapter 6 Terms Flashcards
Griffith experiment
transformation
a virus that infects bacteria
bacteriophage
a nitrogenous base containing a single ring
pyrimidine
the sugar within the nucleotide subunits of DNA
deoxyribose
noncovalet bonds that hold the two strands of the double helix together
hydrogen bonds
two nitrogenous bases that can pair via hydrogen bonds
complementary bases
a short sequence of bases where unwinding of the double helix for replication begins
origin of replication
short DNA fragments formed by discontinuous replication of one of the strands
Okazaki fragments
a nitrogenous base containing a double ring
purine
enzymes involved in controlling DNA supercoiling
topoisomerases
Meseleson and Stahl experiement
semiconservative replication
the stand that is synthesized discontinuously during replication
lagging strand
structures at ends of eukaryotic chromosomes
telomeres
catalyzes site-specific recombination
recombinase
