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Biology DNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a substance that is prepared from killed or weakened disease-causing agents, including certain bacteria. | Vaccine |
| able to cause disease | Virulent |
| a change in genotype caused when cells take up foreign genetic material | Transformation |
| a virus that infects bacteria | Bacteriophage |
| two strands twisted around each other | Double-Helix |
| the subunits that make up DNA | Nucleotides |
| the 5 carbon sugar in DNA | Deoxyribose |
| the rules stating cytosine pairs with guanine and adenine with thymine in DNA, and adenine pairs with Uracil in RNA | Base-Pairing Rules |
| the sequence of bases on one strand determines the sequence of bases on the other | Complementary-Base Strand |
| the process of making a copy of DNA | DNA Replication |
| an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the DNA molecule | DNA Helicases |
| the areas where the double helix replicates | Replication Forks |
| an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the DNA molecule | DNA Polymerases |