DNA Introduction

a chemical in a cell that contains genetic information

• DNA

• helicase

• lagging strand

• ligase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

wraps DNA strand with protective film to protect it from breaking

• SSB proteins

• transcription

• helicase

• replication

join DNA fragments of DNA together to make a complete strand

• ligase

• DNA

• SSB protein

• gene

Responsible for creating DNA

• polymerase

• mutations

• lagging strand

• replication

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

synthesizes RNA sequences called primers

• primase

• replication

• genes

• RNA

unwinds the DNA code being copied in the cell

• helicase

• mutations

• transcription

• polymerase

this is the daughter strand, created ad goes in the opposite direction

• lagging strand

• polymerase

• leading strand

• RNA

Created continuously on the forward direction, it is the parent strand

• leading strand

• helecase

• lagging strand

• SSB protein

the process of a DNA code being copied in the cell

• replication

• mutation

• gene

• leading strand

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a section of DNA that contains instructions for making a specific protein

• gene

• polymerase

• RNA

• translation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1