Structure
The shape a DNA molecule makes naturally
What is a double helix
What base does G pair with?
What is C
The organelle where DNA is located
What is the nucleus
The step of the cell cycle where DNA is replicated
What is S phase
The monomer that makes up DNA and RNA
What is a nucleotide
What is the name of the bond between the base on one strand and the base on the opposite strand?
What is a hydrogen bond
The suffix we use to name enzymes
What is -ase
The enzyme responsible for unzipping the DNA
What is helicase
What parts of the nucleotide make up the backbone?
What are sugars and phosphates
The name of the base abbreviated by C
What is Cytosine
The single stranded messenger that takes the DNA sequence outside the nucleus in order to make proteins
What is RNA
The step of the cell cycle where the chromosomes get pulled to opposite ends of the cell
What is anaphase
The structure DNA forms when it condenses
What is a chromosome
The name of the strand opposite of the Reading Strand
What is the Complementary Strand
The enzyme responsible for building the new strand of DNA during replication
What is polymerase
The primary reason for DNA replication
To give daughter cells identical copies of DNA during mitosis
The name for a base composed of one ring
What is a pyrimidine
The base that is unique to DNA
What is Thymine
The name of the proteins that DNA wraps around when it forms chromosomes
What is a histone
Saving one DNA strand to use as a template to make a new strand with is called what?
What is semi conservative