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100
This is what DNA stands for.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
100
This enzyme is responsible for proofreading DNA replication.
What is DNA polymerase?
100
The year Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA.
What is 1953?
100
The number of 10 micron nuclei required to equal the 2 meter distance of DNA found in one of them.
What is 200,000?
100
The base C stands for this.
What is cytosine?
200
The last name of the person who discovered that # G=C and # T=A in all organisms.
What is Chargaff?
200
This enzyme does the unwinding or unzipping of DNA.
What is helicase?
200
He discovered DNA in 1869.
Who is Miescher?
200
The number of hydrogen bonds in this sequence plus the number of base pairs in this sequence: G-G-T-C-A-C.
What is 22?
200
Inorganic phosphate can be abbreviated as this.
What is P subscript i ?
300
These are viruses that infect bacteria.
What are bacteriophages?
300
Most enzymes are this type of macromolecule.
What are proteins?
300
Frederick Griffith transformed non-virulent bacteria into virulent ones, but actually was looking for a vaccine to this.
What is pneumonia?
300
Polymerase makes only about 1 error in a billion bases, despite moving at a speed of about _____ bases per second.
What is 1000?
300
This is what the "N" stands for in DNA.
What is nucleic?
400
The first name of the scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA with her X-ray images.
Who is Rosalind?
400
Polymerase adds free nucleotides to this open end of a growing DNA molecule.
What is the 3 prime end?
400
They worked with bacteriophage to determine that DNA, not protein, was the hereditary material.
Who are Hershey and Chase?
400
The number of DNA nucleotides plus the number of rails in Pauling's DNA model.
What is 7?
400
Hershey and Chase radiolabeled proteins with 35-S and DNA with this radioactive element.
What is 32-P?
500
The complementary sequence for C-A-T-C-A-T-G-T-A.
What is G-T-A-G-T-A-C-A-T?
500
Avery and McCarty used this enzyme to destroy DNA.
What is DNAse?
500
Avery and McCarty found that DNA, not protein, was the _____ principle.
What is transforming?
500
At 1000 bases per second, this is the number of new bases DNA polymerase can incorporate in 1.5 hours.
What is 5.4 million?
500
Daily Double
Griffith transformed non-virulent R cells with DNA from virulent S cells. This is what R and S stand for.