DNA Structure and Replication Flashcards
what complelemts adenine
thymine
what complelemts guanine
cytosine
what does dna stand for
deoxyribonucleic acid
scitentist that discovered structure of dna
watson and crick
primary structure of dna
double helix
what are dound in dna nucelotide
phosphate
deoxyribose sugar
nitrogen base
physical charactersitics passed to offspring
traits
sceintist that broke down dna into individidual nucleotides
chargaff
enzyme that brings dna nucleotide to from a base
dna polymerase
scientist that used x rays to get idea of dna structure
Franklin
study of heredity
genetics
enzyme used to link fragments at end of replication
dna ligase
strand of rna at beginning of of replication
primer
monomer for dna and rna
nucleotide
enzyme that opens up dna
dna helicase