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03/04/2010
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Virus
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Package of nucleic acid wrapped in a protein coat that must use a host cells machinery to reproduce its self
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Deoxyribonucleic
 Definition
Molecule responsible for inheritance: nucleic acid contains the sugar deoxyribose
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Nitrogenous Base
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Single or double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms with attached functional groups found in nucliec acid
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Pyrimidine
 Definition
Single ringed nitrogenous base
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Purine
 Definition
Double ring nitrognous base
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Double helix
 Definition
Two strands of nucleotides wound about each other
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