DNA ch.13 Flashcards
base pairing
principle that bonds in DNA can form only adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine
Nucleic acids are made up of __________
building blocks called nucleotides
DNA is made up of __________________
nucleotides joined into long strands or chains by covalent bonds
A=__ G=__
A=T G=C
Who produced an X-ray diffraction photograph that revealed two important clues about the structure of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin
The Griffith, Avery, and Hershey-Chase experiments established that the carrier of genetic information from one generation of a cell to the next generation is what type of molecule?
DNA
According to the Chargaff rule, which of the following must be true regarding the number of each type of nucleotide in DNA?
A=T; G=C
Which two scientist worked out the double-helix structure of DNA that we know now?
Watson and Crick
In DNA, the nitrogenous base that pairs with adenine is….
thymine
The two strands of the DNA double helix are held together by …
hydrogen bonds between bases
replication
process of copying DNA prior to cell division
DNA polymerase
principle enzyme involved in DNA replication
telomere
repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome
Prokaryote or Eukaryote or both?
New chromosomes remain attached to cell membrane
Eukaryote
Prokaryote or Eukaryote or both?
Protein’s check for errors
Both