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Biology Vocabulary

Vaccine,Virulent..

WordDefinition
Virulent describes a microorganism or virus that causes disease and that is highly infectious
Vaccine a substance prepared from killed or weakened pathogens and introduces into a body o produce immunity.
Transformation the transfer of genetic material in the form of DNA fragments from one cell to another or from one organism to another.
Bacteriophage a virus that infects a bacteria
Double Helix the spiral-staircase structure characteristic of the DNA molcule
Nucleotide in a nucleic acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base
Deoxyribose a five-carbon sugar that is a component of DNA nucleotides
Base-Pairing Rules the rules stating that cytosine pairs with guanine and adenine pairs with thymine in DNA, and that adenine pairs with uracil in RNA
Complementary Base Pair a characteristic of nucleic acids in which the sequence of bases on one strand is paired to the sequence of bases on the other
DNA Replication the process of making a copy of DNA
DNA Helicase an enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix during DNA replication
Replication Fork a Y-shaped point that results when the two strands of a DNA double helix separate so that the DNA molecule can be replicated
DNA Polymerase an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the DNA molecule
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