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DNA
DNA- The Genetic Material
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/17/2012

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Nucleotide

any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA.

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Deoxyribose

is a constituent of the nucleotide base that form DNA.

syn. Sugar

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Covalent Bonds

the bond formed by the sharing of a pair of electrons by two atoms

 

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Double Helix

structure of DNA that was created by James Watson

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Semiconservative DNA Replication

is a copying process of DNA

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Hydrogen bonds

attractive intermolecular force that exists between two electric changes of opposite polarity

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Complementary base-pairing

the hydrogen bonding of A with T, and G with C

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Gene

contains the instructions for the synthesis of a particular protein

syn: Genetic Code

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Gel electrophoresis

DNA cleaving enzynes that cut the DNA up into many small pieces

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Transcription

formation of a message using DNA as the source or code

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