McGraw Hill 8th Edition by Sylvia S. Mader. 20 Vocab
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| 120929911 | Adenine | One of four nitrogen-containing bases in nucleotides composing the structure of DNA and RNA | 0 | |
| 120929912 | Bacteriophage | Virus that infects bacteria | 1 | |
| 120929913 | Complementary base pairing | Hydrogen bonding between particular purines and pyrimidines in DNA | 2 | |
| 120929914 | Cytosine | One of four nitrogen-containing bases in the nucleotides composing the structure of DNA and RNA; pairs with guanine. | 3 | |
| 120929915 | DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) | Nucleic acid polymer produced form covalent bonding of nucleotide monomers that contain the sugar deoxyribose; the genetic | 4 | |
| 120929916 | DNA polymerase | During replication, and enzyme that joins the nucleotides complementary to a DNA template | 5 | |
| 120929917 | DNA repair enzyme | One of several enzymes tat restore the original base sequence I n an altered DNA strand | 6 | |
| 120929918 | DNA replication | Synthesis of a new DNA double helix prior to mitosis and meiosis in eukaryotic cells and during prokaryotic fission in prokaryotic cells. | 7 | |
| 120929919 | Genetic mutation | Altered gen whos e sequence of bases differes form the previouls sequence. | 8 | |
| 120929920 | Guanine | One of four nitrogen-containing bases in nucleotides composing the structure of DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine. | 9 | |
| 120929921 | Nucleic acid | Polymer of nucleotides; both DNA and RNA are nucleic acids | 10 | |
| 120929922 | Nucleotide | Monomer of DNA and RNA consisting of a 5-carbon sugar bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group | 11 | |
| 120929923 | Proofreading | Process used to check the accuracy of DNA replication as it occurs and to replace a mispaired base with the rights one | 12 | |
| 120929924 | Purine | Type of nitrogen-containing base, such as adenine and guanine, having a double-ring structure | 13 | |
| 120929925 | Pyrimdine | Type of nitrogen-containing base such as cytosine, thymine, and uracil, having a single-ring structure | 14 | |
| 120929926 | Replication fork | In eukaryotes, the point where the two parental DNA strands separate to allow replication | 15 | |
| 120929927 | RNA (ribonucleic acid) | Nucleic acd produced rform covalent bonding of nucleotide monomers that contain the sugar ribose; occurs in three forms: messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA. | 16 | |
| 120929928 | Semiconservative replication | Duplication of DNA resulting into two double helix molecules each having one parental an one new strand | 17 | |
| 120929929 | Template | Parental strand of DNA that serves a a guide for the complementary daughter strand produced during DNA replication. | 18 | |
| 120929930 | Thymine | One of four nitrogen-containing bases in nucleotides composing the structure of DNA; pairs with adenine | 19 |
