DNA Structure and Replication Flashcards

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1
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what complelemts adenine

A

thymine

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2
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what complelemts guanine

A

cytosine

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3
Q

what does dna stand for

A

deoxyribonucleic acid

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4
Q

scitentist that discovered structure of dna

A

watson and crick

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5
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primary structure of dna

A

double helix

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6
Q

what are dound in dna nucelotide

A

phosphate
deoxyribose sugar
nitrogen base

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7
Q

physical charactersitics passed to offspring

A

traits

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8
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sceintist that broke down dna into individidual nucleotides

A

chargaff

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9
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enzyme that brings dna nucleotide to from a base

A

dna polymerase

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10
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scientist that used x rays to get idea of dna structure

A

Franklin

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11
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study of heredity

A

genetics

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12
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enzyme used to link fragments at end of replication

A

dna ligase

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13
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strand of rna at beginning of of replication

A

primer

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14
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monomer for dna and rna

A

nucleotide

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15
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enzyme that opens up dna

A

dna helicase

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16
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process of copying dna

A

replication

17
Q

strand of dna that flollows beihind when its being made

A

lagging strand

18
Q

enzyme that places segment of rna to start replication

A

rna primase

19
Q

strand of dna that follows helicase and is made continuously

A

leading strand