DNA Structure & Replication
Vocabulary used to describe the structure and replication of DNA.
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| deoxyribonucleic acid | ||
| nitrogen base complementary to thymine | ||
| nitrogen base complementary to adenine | ||
| nitrogen base complementary to guanine | ||
| nitrogen base complementary to cytosine | ||
| building block of nucleic acids | ||
| force that holds the 2 strands of DNA together | ||
| molecular shape of DNA | ||
| the opposing directions of DNA molecules, 5' to 3'/3' to 5' | ||
| method of replication that implies that each new strand of DNA is half original and half new | ||
| enzyme that unwinds & separates the two strands of a DNA molecule | ||
| enzyme that adds RNA to a strand of DNA in order to begin the process of DNA replication | ||
| enzyme that inserts complementary DNA nucleotides following the sequence of the parent strand as a template | ||
| enzyme that proofreads the daughter strand of replicated DNA and corrects any base pairing errors | ||
| enzyme that removes the RNA primer and replaces it with complementary DNA nucleotides | ||
| enzyme responsible for joining strands of DNA | ||
| disjointed segments of replicated DNA that are joined to form a lagging strand of DNA | ||
| direction in which replicated strands of DNA are formed | ||
| the segment of "daughter" strand that is synthesized continuously in a 5' to 3' direction | ||
| the segment of "daughter" strand that is synthesized in disjointed pieces called Okazaki fragments in a 5' to 3' direction | ||
| the structure formed by helicase as it 'unzips' the 2 strands of a DNA molecule | ||
| open areas of the DNA double helix where replication of DNA has begun | ||
| points along a strand of DNA that signal where replication should begin | ||
| the force of attraction that holds the strands of a DNA double helix together | ||
| nitrogen base complementary to adenine in molecules of RNA |