DNA Replication Flashcard

Front

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

Back

Helicase

Front

Which enzyme fixes the Okazaki fragments in the lagging strand? Options: Helicase, Polymerase, Ligase, Primerase

Back

Ligase

Front

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

Back

Okazaki fragments

Front

This picture is illustrating the ____ nature of DNA.

Back

anti-parallel

Front

The enzyme that splits open the DNA creates what's called a fork - where the DNA separates into the lagging strand and the ______ strand.

Back

leading

Front

Polymerase is able to replicate the new DNA ______ along the leading strand.

Back

continuously

Front

What is the shape of DNA?

Back

Double helix

Front

A DNA nucleotide contains all of the following, except...
Options: Deoxyribose, Phosphate group, Nitrogenous base, Cholesterol

Back

Cholesterol

Front

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

Back

Half of each new DNA is the old DNA

Front

Why is DNA called "semi-conservative"?

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