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UNIT 4, CHPT 13
CHAPTER 13.1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is transformation? | change in genotype and phenotype due to the assimilation of external DNA by a cell |
| what are bacteriophages/phages? | a virus that infects bacteria |
| what is a virus? | DNA or RNA enclosed by a protective coat. produces by infecting a cell and taking over its metabolic machinery |
| what is a double helix? | form of native DNA, referring to its 2 adjacent antiparallel polynucleotide strans wound into a spiral shape |
| what is antiparallel? | subunits running in opposite directions |
| what is needed for a DNA nucleotide? | a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and one of the four nitrogenous bases |
| what are the bases found in DNA? | adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine |
| what are the bonds found in DNA? | hydrogen bonds between nucleotides and covalent bonds connecting phosphate group and sugar |