Details Title: 11.2-11.3 Description: n/a Total Flash Cards: 8 Created: 05/07/2009 08:35:26		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Biology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Definition molecule responsible for inheritance; nucleic acid that contains the sugar deoxyribose Term nucleotide Definition building block (monomer) of nucleic acid polymers Term nitrogenous base Definition single or double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms with attached functional groups, found in nucleic acids Term pyrimidine Definition single-ring nitrogenous base Term purine Definition double-ring nitrogenous base Term double helix Definition 2 strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure of DNA Term DNA replication Definition process of copying DNA molecules Term DNA polymerase Definition enzyme that makes the covalent bonds between the nucleotides of new DNA strands