Hereditary
This is the name of the method which describes how DNA replicates.
What is the semi-conservative method.
These 2 people used a T2 phage virus to infect bacteria.
Who are Hershey and Chase.
What 3 molecules make up a nucleotide.
What is, a 5 carbon sugar, an nitrogen base and a phosphate
This enzyme unwinds the parental double helix of a molecule of DNA.
What is helicase.
This is the name given to the strand of DNA which is synthesized dis-continuously.
What is the lagging strand.
This is the base that pairs with Adenine in DNA.
What is Thymine
This is what was injected into the bacteria when the T2 phage attacked the bacteria.
What is the DNA containing the isotope of phosphorous.
These 2 bases of DNA are called purines.
What are Adenine and Guanine
What is the name of the proteins that stabilize the unwound parental DNA to prevent the 2 strands from going back together.
What is single-strand binding proteins.
This is the enzyme that lays down a primer for DNA to lock on to so it can lay down the bases on the lagging strand of DNA.
What is primase.
This is the base that pairs with Adenine in RNA.
What is Uracil.
This is the man who analyzed human cells and found that the amounts of A/T and G/C were consistent within a species.
Who is Chargaff.
These two bases of DNA are pyrimidines.
What are Thymine and Cytosine.
This is the name given to the area where the 2 strand of DNA have been separated.
What is the replication fork.
This is the name of the fragments of DNA laid down by DNA polymerase on the lagging strand.
What are Okasaki fragments.
This is the type of bond that is found between the bases of the double stranded molecule of DNA.
What is Hydrogen bonds.
This is the term used to describe the DNA content of a gamete.
What is haploid.
This is the direction that RNA is copied in.
What is 5' to 3' direction.
This is the name given to the strand of DNA being copied continuously.
What is the leading strand.
This is the name of the enzyme that fills in the missing bases between Okasaki fragments.
What is DNA ligase.
These are the building blocks for nucleic acids.
What are nucleotides.
These 2 men are given credit for discovering DNA is a double stranded molecule.
Who are Watson and Crick.
This molecule is on the 5' end of a nucleotide.
What is a Guanine triphosphate.
This is the enzyme responsible for laying down the bases for the new strand of DNA.
What is DNA polymerase.
This is the composition of the primer that is laid down for DNA polymerse to lock on to on the lagging strand.
What is RNA.