Chapter 11
Nucleic Acid Structure, DNA Replication, and Chromosome Structure
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Parts
- 1Identifying the genetic material5 min
- 2Nucleotides: the building blocks4 min
- 3Strands and the double helix5 min
- 4Discovering the double helix4 min
- 5Semiconservative replication5 min
- 6Opening the fork and building DNA4 min
- 7Leading and lagging strands5 min
- 8Accuracy and the ends of chromosomes5 min
- 9Packing DNA into nucleosomes and loops4 min
- 10Organizing and condensing chromosomes5 min
Key terms
- genetic material
- transformation
- nucleic acid
- nucleotide
- deoxyribose
- purine
- pyrimidine
- phosphodiester linkage
- double helix
- AT/GC rule
- complementary
- antiparallel
- major groove
- semiconservative replication
- template strand
- origin of replication
- replication fork
- bidirectional replication
- helicase
- topoisomerase
- single-strand binding protein
- DNA polymerase
- primase
- primer
- leading strand
- lagging strand
- Okazaki fragment
- DNA ligase
- proofreading
- telomere
- telomerase
- chromatin
- histone
- nucleosome
- loop domain
- topologically associating domain
- euchromatin
- heterochromatin
- condensin