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Cell Division
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Science
9th Grade
04/18/2015

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Adenine
Definition
A nucleotide used in DNA that is paired up with it's complementary nucleotide, thymine.
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Thymine
Definition
A nucleotide used in DNA that is paired up with it's complementary nucleotide, adenine.
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Guanine
Definition
A nucleotide used in DNA that is paired up with it's complementary nucleotide, cytosine.
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Cytosine
Definition
A nucleotide used in DNA that is paired up with it's complementary nucleotide,guanine.
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Nucleotides
Definition
The basic structural unit of DNA.
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Sugar(deoxyribose)
Definition
The part of a DNA structure that holds and supports a nucleotide.
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Hydrogen bond
Definition
The part of a DNA structure that holds two complementary nucleotides together.
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DNA polymerase
Definition
An enzyme that adds complementary nucleotides to strands of DNA during DNA replication.
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DNA heliocase
Definition
An enzyme that separates strands of DNA during DNA replicatiom
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Replication fork
Definition
The point of separation between two strands of DNA while using DNA heliocase
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Cancer
Definition
A disease caused by an abnormal pattern of excessive cell growth
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Oncology
Definition
The study of cancer
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DNA
Definition
The genetic makeup of an organism.
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Insulin
Definition
A hormone that regulates how much glucose is produced in a body.
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