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Chapter 12 Vocab YD
Term | Definition |
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Transformation | Process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria |
Bacteriophage | Kind of virus that infects bacteria |
Base pairing | Principal that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine. |
Replication | Process of copying DNA prior to cell division |
DNA polymerase | Principal enzyme involved in DNA replication |
Telomere | Repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome |
Helix | Something spiral in form |
Prokaryotic DNA | Normally a circular strand of DNA |
Rosalind Franklin | Used X-Ray diffraction to determine the structure of DNA |
Watson and Crick | Built the first DNA model |
Nucleotide | Building blocks of DNA |
Chargaff's Rule | Adenine binds with Thymine and Guanine binds with Cytosine |
Griffith's experiments | Worked with strains of bacteria and mice |
Hershey-Chase experiment | Worked with radioactive labeling of protein and DNA |
Replication Fork | Place on the DNA molecule that is opened up for replication |
DNA Helicase | Enzyme that unzips the DNA molecule during DNA Replication |
Cytosine | This base always bonds to Guanine |
Adenine | This base always bonds to Thymine |
Guanine | This base always bonds to Cytosine |
Thymine | This base always bonds Adenine |
Avery | Scientist that proved transformation in bacteria |