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10 Cards in this Set
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Transformation
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process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria.
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Bacteriophage
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virus that infects bacteria
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Nucleotide
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monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
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Base Pairing
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principle that bonds in DNA can form between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine.
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Chromatin
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granular material visible within the nucleus; consists of DNA tightly coiled around proteins.
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Histone
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globular protein molecule around which DNA is tightly coiled in chromatin
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Replication
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copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA
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DNA Polymerase
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enzyme that "proofreads" new DNA strands helping to ensure that each molecule is a nearly perfect copy of the original DNA
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Gene
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sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait.
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Messenger RNA
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RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell.
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