DNA replication

Question 1

DNA

Answer 1

Deoxyribonucleic acid. The molecule that carries genetic information for the development and functioning of an organism.

Question 2

Free DNA nucleotides

Answer 2

Sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base complexes that are unattached to a DNA or RNA strand and are available for base pairing.

Question 3

DNA helicase

Answer 3

Helicases are enzymes that bind and may even remodel nucleic acid or nucleic acid protein complexes.

Question 4

DNA polymerase

Answer 4

Enzymes that create DNA molecules by assembling nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA.

Question 5

Semiconservative

Answer 5

After one round of replication, every new DNA double helix would be a hybrid that consisted of one strand of old DNA bound to one strand of newly synthesized DNA.

Question 6

Replication

Answer 6

The process by which a double-stranded DNA molecule is copied to produce two identical DNA molecules.