higher human unit 1.2

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Describe the shape of DNA
Double Helix
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what are the building blocks which make up a strand af DNA?
Nucleotides
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what are the three parts of a DNA nucleotide?
phosphate, deoxyribose sugar and base
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what are the four bases called in DNA?
Adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine
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In DNA which base is complementary to thymine
adenine
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where is DNA stored?
nucleus
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which molecule is DNA tightly soiled around to form chromosomes?
protein
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How many chromosomes are in a human body cell?
46
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What bonds form to create the sugar -phosphate backbone?
strong chemical bonds
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how are the complimentary bases between the strands of DNA held together?
hydrogen bonds
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what molecule is at the 5' end of DNA
phosphate
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what molecule is at the 3' end of a DNA strand?
deoxyribose sugar
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What is meant by DNA strands are anti parallel?
one strand runs 5' to 3' and the other runs 3' to 5'
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what is stage 1 of replication?
the DNA strands unwind and unzip when hydrogen bonds are broken
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which enzyme is required to add the free DNA nucleotides?
DNA polymerase
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what needs to bind to the DNA template before nucleotides can be added?
primers
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What is the role of DNA polymerase?
it adds nucleotides to the 3' end of the DNA strand
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on which strand is DNA replication carried out continuously?
leading strand
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how is replication different on the leading and lagging strands?
the leading strand is continuous and the lagging strand nucleotides are joined in fragments
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which enzyme joins the fragments together on the lagging strand?
ligase
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when does DNA replication take place?
before cell division
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what substances need to be present for DNA replication to happen?
ATP, Enzymes, primer, DNA template, DNA nucleotides
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