DNA structure
smallest building block of DNA
What is a nucleotde
The location of the DNA unzipping.
What is a replication fork?
The two phases of the cell cycle.
What are interphase and mitotic phase?
What are three checkpoints?
DNA stands for what?
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
Adenine pairs with
Cytosine pairs with
What is Thymine and Guanine?
After unwinding each side is a template.
What is semiconservative replication?
G1 checkpoint checks for...
What are enough nutrients and growth of the cell?
What is cytokinesis?
The bond that holds the nitrogen base pairs together.
What is hydrogen bond?
The direction DNA polymerase builds DNA.
What is 5' to 3'?
The phase DNA replication occurs.
G2 checkpoint checks for....
What is proper DNA replication?
Dysfunctional cells that are dividing uncontrollably.
What are cancer cells?
The shape of DNA.
What is double helix
The start signal for replication.
What is a primer?
The phase the cell divides into two daughter cells.
What is mitotic phase?
What can happen if a cell does NOT pass a checkpoint?
What is fix itself or destroy itself?
The enzyme that removes the RNA primers.
What is ligase?
DNA wrapped around histone proteins before condensing into a chromosome.
What is chromatin?
What are Okazaki fragments?
Phase not included in the cell cycle but neurons can live there forever.
What is the G0 phase?
The phase of mitosis the M checkpoint occurs.
What is metaphase?
The process of cell self-destruction.
What is apoptosis?