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Biology and DNA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Erwin Chargaff | number of adenine equals the number of thymine and guanine equals to cytosine |
| Hersey and Chase | the blender experiment, DNA, not protein is the genetic material of life |
| Four nitrogenous bases found in DNA | guanine, adenine, thymine and cytosine |
| purines | guanine and adenine |
| pyrimidines | thymine and cytosine |
| GC | opposite parings |
| Watson and Clark | Double Helix |
| AT | opposite parings |
| tRNA | carries amino acids to the ribosomes to make protein |
| mRNA | carries codes for several proteins which are translated in sequences |