click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 12
DNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bacteriophage | Kind of virus that infects ONLY bacteria |
| Transformation | Process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene (or genes) from another strain of bacteria |
| Base pairing | Principle that bonds in DNA can form only between A and T and G and C |
| Nucleotide | Subunit of which nucleic acids are composed; made up of a 5 carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. |
| Nitrogen Base | adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine |
| Deoxyribose | the 5 carbon sugar found in DNA |
| Phosphate group | Along with sugar, forms the backbone of the DNA molecule |
| DNA | Genetic material that organisms inherit from their parents |
| Double Helix | The characteristic structure of the DNA molecule found by Watson and Crick |
| Replication | Process of copying DNA prior to cell R |
| DNA polymerase | Principle enzyme involved in DNA replication |
| Telomere | Repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome |