DNA: The Genetic Material
The Deadly Streptococcus Pneumonia Strand
What was the smooth strand?
The fragments formed by DNA polymerase on the lagging strand
What are Okazaki fragments?
The scientific name for how DNA codes for RNA which guides the synthesis of proteins
What is central dogma?
the power of an organism to control which genes are transcribed in response to the environment
What is gene regulation?
The first people to an accurate model of the double helix DNA structure
Who were Watson and Crick?
The side that DNA replication starts on
What is the 3 prime side?
It carries genetic information from the nucleus to the cytoplasm
What is mRNA
A part of DNA that contains the genes for the proteins needed for a specific pathway.
What is operon?
The nucleotide that pairs with Adenine
What is Thymine?
The enzyme that breaks the hydrogen bonds between the nucleotides
What is DNA Helicase?
when the DNA code is transferred to mRNA in the nucleus
What is transcription?
A cluster of DNA
What is tryptophan operon
A positively charged protein that DNA wraps around during chromosome formation
What is a Histone?
The enzyme that connects Okazaki fragments onto the lagging strands
What is DNA Ligase?
When the code on the DNA is interrupted periodically by sequences that are not in the final RNA
What are introns
They guarantee that proteins are made in the right amounts and genes are used at the right time
What are transcription factors?
In DNA when one parental strand is conserved during replication
What is Semiconservative Replication?
Protein complexes that replace the RNA primer during DNA replication
What are DNA nucleotides?
It transports the amino acids to the ribosome
the process when the cells become specialized in function and structure.
What is Differentiation