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DNA Replication
Vocab for Dna Replication unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Complementary Base Pairing | The standard arrangement of bases in nucleotides in relation to their opposite pairing, such as thymine being paired with adenine and cytosine paired with guanine. |
| DNA helices | any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases. |
| DNA polymerase | enzymes involved in template directed synthesis of dna from deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates |
| Nucleotides | The basic building block of nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA. It is an organic compound made up of nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate group. |
| Recombinant DNA | spliced dNA formed from two or more different sources that have been cleaved by restriction enzymes and joined by ligases. Genetically engineered dna made by recombining fragments of dna from different organisms. |
| Replication | the process of duplicating or producing an exact copy of a polynucleotide strand such as DNA. |
| Semi-conservative replication | This refers to the DNA structure. Each DNA strand produced (by replication) has one old (parental) strand, and one newly formed strand . This feature is called semi-conservstive. |