DNA Vocab

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Stores genetic info

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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Includes sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogen base (monomers of nucleic acids)

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Nucleotide

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Sugar in DNA

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deoxyribose

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Forms DNA backbone; contains phosphorous.

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Phosphate group

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Bases in DNA: thymine, guanine, cytosine, adenine

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Nitrogen bases

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Process where DNA copies itself

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DNA replication

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Base pairing rules

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A-T and G-C

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unzips DNA during replication

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DNA helicase

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Helps assemble nucleotides during DNA replication.

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DNA polymerase

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Shape of DNA

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double helix