LS 1.3 Flashcards DNA and DNA Replication

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*Front:* DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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*Front:* Nucleotide

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building block of DNA

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*Front:* Double Helix

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structure of DNA

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*Front:* Base Pairing rules

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C-G

A-T

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*Front:* Adenine

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with Thymine

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*Front:* Guanine

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with Cytosine

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*Front:* Helicase

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Enzyme that unwinds DNA

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*Front:* DNA Polymerase

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Enzyme that creates the new DNA strand

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*Front:* Leading Strand

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a strand of DNA that is synthesized continuously in the 5' to 3' direction during DNA replication

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*Front:* Lagging Strand

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synthesized discontinuously in short fragments