DNA REPLICATION

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Which enzyme has the job of unzipping the double helix? Options: Helicase, Polymerase, Ligase, Primerase

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Helicase

Front

Which enzyme fixes the Okazaki fragments in the lagging strand?

Back

Ligase

Front

If a strand reads:
3' A A A T T T C 5'
The matching strand would read...

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5' T T T A A A G 3'

Front

What are the gaps between the newly synthesized DNA on the lagging strand called?

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Okazaki fragments

Front

This picture is illustrating the ____ nature of DNA.

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anti-parallel

Front

What is the shape of DNA?

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Double helix

Front

DNA replication turns one strand of DNA into two new strands of DNA. What percent of each new strand is the old strand?

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Half of each new DNA is the old DNA

Front

Why is DNA sometimes called "semi-conservative"?

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The old strand is "conserved" and used to make the new strands.

Front

DNA replication is said to be ______ because it reuses the old, or parent, DNA strand.

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Semi-Conservative

Front

Which enzyme is responsible for adding the free nucleotides to the replicating DNA?

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DNA polymerase