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Chapter Nine Vocab
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| is a subject that is prepared from killed or weakened disease causing agent; ex. bacteria | Vaccine |
| causes the disease | Virulent |
| change in genotype caused when cells take up foregin genetic material | Transformation |
| referred to as phage is a virus that infects bacterial | Bacteriophage |
| 2 strands twisted around each other, winding staircase | Double-Helix |
| subunits that make up DNA | Nucleotides |
| Dna gets its full name, dexyribose acid | Deoxyribose |
| pairing rules, supported by Chargaff's Observation | Base |
| strictness of base pairing results in 2 strands | Complementary Base Pairs |
| process of making a copy of DNA | DNA Replication |
| open the double-helix by breaking the hydrogen bonds that link the complementary nitrogen bases between 2 strands | DNA Helicases |
| areas where double-helix separates | Replication Forks |
| move along each of the DNA strands | DNA Polymerases |