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bio 9 yep
Ch.9 vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vaccine | a substance is prepared from killed/weakened disease-causing agents (ex. certain bacteria) |
| virulent | able to cause disease |
| transformation | a change in genotype caused when cells take up foreign genetic material |
| bacteriophage | a virus that infects bacteria |
| double helix | 2 strands twisted around each other, like a winding staircase |
| nucleotides | subunits that make up DNA |
| deoxyribose | the 5-Carbon sugar in DNA nucleotides |
| base-pairing rules | rules that say adenine and thymine/ cytosine and guanine are paired |
| complementary base pairs | the strictness of base pairing results in 2 strands.... pairing of correct pairs |
| DNA replication | processof making a copy of DNA |
| DNA helicases | enzymes; open the double helix by breaking hydrogen bonds that link the complementary nitrogen bases between the 2 strands |
| replication forks | the areas where the double helix seperates |
| DNA polymerases | enzymes; move along each of the DNA strands |