Structure
Complementary Bases
Replication
Enzymes
Discovering DNA
100
This is the shape of DNA.
What is a double helix?
100
Adenine pairs with
What is thymine?
100
This is the process where DNA molecules get copied.
What is DNA replication?
100
This enzyme connects the Okazaki fragments together.
What is ligase?
100
These two scientists discovered the 3-D structure of DNA.
What is Watson and Crick?
200
This is the backbone of DNA.
What is phosphate sugar backbone?
200
Guanine pairs with
What is cytosine?
200
DNA gets replicated in what direction?
What is 5' to 3'?
200
This enzymes opens the DNA strand at the replication fork.
What is helicase?
200
These two captured X-ray diffraction photos of DNA.
What is Wilkins and Rosalind?
300
This is the sugar found in DNA.
What is deoxyribose sugar?
300
This scientist developed a rule that states the amount of adenine equals the amount thymine and the amount of guanine equals the amount of cytosine.
What is Chargaff?
300
On the leading strand, nucleotides get added
What is continuously?
300
This enzyme allows replication to begin adding RNA nucleotides at the 5' end.
What is primase?
300
These scientists determine adenine pairs with thymine and guanine pairs with cytosine.
What is Chargaff?
400
Purines consist of these two nitrogen bases.
What is adenine and guanine?
400
Looking at a molecule of DNA, there is 30% guanine present. Then there must be this much present of cytosine.
What is 30%?
400
Okazaki fragments are small fragments of DNA due to the fact that DNA polymerase III can only
What is add nucleotides 5' to 3'?
400
This enzyme adds nucleotides to the growing DNA strand.
What is DNA polymerase III?
400
This scientists discovered that one strand of DNA does not get created continuously.
What is Okazaki?
500
Pyrimidines consist of these.
What is cytosine and thymine?
500
Looking at a molecule of DNA, there is 30% guanine present. Then there must be this much present of thyamine.
What is 20%?
500
There are ______________ replication forks during DNA replication.
What is multiple?
500
This enzyme removes the RNA primer and replaces it with DNA nucleotides.
What is DNA polymerase I?
500
DNA must replicate before going through this process.
What is cell division?
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