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Bio - DNA

Bio - DNA & Protein Synthesis

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DNA and RNA are made of 2 strands that twist into this shape helix
Rosalind Franklin’s xray image of DNA was used by Watson & Crick to determine the physical ____________ of DNA structure
DNA is composed of units called ____________________ nucleotides
Each nucleotide of DNA or RNA has 3 parts: a 5 carbon sugar , a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous _______ base
The 4 nitrogenous bases found in DNA are adenine, thymine, guanine and ______________. cytosine
DNA is double-stranded & contains the sugar _______________ deoxyribose
During DNA replication this enzyme attaches the complimentary nucleotides to the original strand: DNA __________ polymerase
The primary purpose of DNA is to code for ______________ proteins
DNA replication results in 2 DNA strands, each with one new strand and one ___________strand original
The enzyme that unwinds DNA and breaks the hydrogen bonds between the bases is called: DNA ________ helicase
Because half of the new DNA molecules created during DNA replication is actually made of the original DNA, DNA replication is considered ___________ semiconservative
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