Chapter 8 Biology Vocab Springfield

A type of virus that takes over a bacterium's genetic machinery and directs it to make more viruses

DNA made up of monomers

A model in which two strands of DNA wind around each other like a twisted ladder

Thymine always pairs with adenine, and Cytosine always pairs with guanine

The process by which DNA is copied during the cell cycle

A group of enzymes that bond the new nucleotides together

Information flows in one direction, from DNA to RNA to proteins

A chain of nucleotides, each of a sugar, or phosphate group, and a nitrogen- containing base.

The process of copying a sequence of DNA to produce a complementary strand of RNA

Enzymes that bond nucleotides together in a chain to make a new RNA molecule