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Replication
Genetic Code
100
He experimented with rough and smooth bacterial cells and figured out that they could cause changes in each other
Who is Griffith
100
Spiral shaped structure of DNA
What is a helix
100
The number of strands of DNA
What is two
100
Replication of DNA is catalyzed by these
What are enzymes
100
A set of three bases that codes for an amino acid
What is a codon
200
These TWO men got the credit for building the model of DNA
Who are Watson & Crick
200
Made of three parts: phosphate, sugar, and nitrogenous base
What is a nucleotide
200
The bonds between the two strands of DNA
What are hydrogen bonds
200
The first step of DNA replication
What is unzip the helix
200
A codon that signals the end of a polypeptide
What is a stop codon
300
He determined that DNA is the transforming factor for bacteria only
Who is Avery
300
The nitrogenous base that pairs with cytosine
What is guanine
300
A nucleic acid is made of many of these repeating
What are nucleotides
300
Caused by a mistake in DNA replication
What is a mutation or genetic disease
300
The part of DNA that contains the code
What is the order of bases
400
These TWO people did studies with bacteriophages that determined that DNA is the transforming factor
Who are Hershey & Chase
400
The nitrogenous base that pairs with thymine
What is adenine
400
In a ladder model, this part makes up the rungs
What is nitrogen bases
400
The strand that is used as a template
What is a parent strand (or old strand)
400
The number of amino acids
What is twenty
500
She made major contributions to the model of DNA but died early due to cancer from X-rays
Who is Rosalind Franklin
500
The name of the sugar in DNA
What is deoxyribose
500
In a ladder model, these TWO parts make the uprights
What are sugar and phosphate
500
The name of the enzyme that puts the new bases in place
What is DNA polymerase
500
The first amino acid of any protein
What is methionine
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