DNA Replication, Transcription, and Translation

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Overall shape of DNA (twisted ladder)

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Double Helix

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Big nitrogenous base (A or G) in DNA or RNA with 2 ring structures

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Purine

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Small nitrogenous base (T, C, or U) in DNA or RNA with only 1 ring structure

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Pyrimidine

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Building blocks of DNA made up of a sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group

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Nucleotide

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In DNA: A bonds with T, G bonds with C; in RNA: A bonds with U, G bonds with C

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Base Pairing Rules

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Connect the nitrogenous bases to each other in DNA forming the rungs in the DNA ladder shape

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Hydrogen Bonds

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Sugar backbone part of DNA

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Deoxyribose

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Sugar backbone part of RNA

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Ribose

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Connector that holds nucleotides together in a DNA or RNA strand

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Phosphate

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Who discovered the overall shape and structure of DNA?

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Watson and Crick