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| 5-carbon sugar, found in RNA |
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| similar to ribose, found in DNA |
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| DNA base; equal amounts as thymine |
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| DNA base, equal amounts as adenine |
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| DNA base, equal amounts as cytosine |
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| DNA base, equal amounts as guanine |
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| section of a DNA molecule whose sequence of building blocks (4 bases) specifies the sequence of amino acids in a particular protein |
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| A single building block of DNA (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine) |
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| two-ring structure; adenine and guanine |
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| single-ring structure; thymine and cytosine |
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| chains that form when nucleotides form chemical bonds between the deoxyribose sugars and phosphates |
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| the opposing orientation of the two nucleotide chains in a DNA molecule |
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| specific purine-pyrimidine couples ( A with T, G with C ) |
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| proteins around which DNA coils to form a beads on a string like structure |
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| one "bead" of tightly wrapped DNA on a chromosome |
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| the totality of the chromosome substance - 30% histone proteins, 30% DNA binding proteins, 30% DNA, 10% RNA |
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| manner in which DNA replicates; the double helix separates and each half creates another double helix to form two from one. |
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| a site where DNA is locally opened; resembles a fork |
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| an enzyme that builds a polymer (which is a chain of building blocks) and is the major replication enzyme in addition to the RNA primer |
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| enzyme that seals the sugar-phosphate backbone of the bonded building blocks, making a DNA strand |
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| directs synthesis of a short RNA primer, which initiates replication |
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| enzymes that unwind and hold apart the replicating DNA |
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| rewinds any sections of DNA that remain unwound at the end of the process |
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| Some of the DNA sequence encodes protein, but most does not. |
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| DNA is synthesized in a 5' to 3' direction, discontinuously on one strand |
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