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DNA Structure & Scientists

Review of terms associated with DNA structure & the scientists credited with discovery of its properties

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removed "nuclein" from white blood cell nucleiMiescher
completed the transformation experiment in which nonencapsulated bacterium became encapsulatedGriffith
identified DNA as the transforming substance using protease, ribonuclease and deoxyribonucleaseAvery, McLeod and McCarthy
used radioactive viruses to prove DNA is the genetic materialHershey & Chase
developed the structural model of DNAWatson & Crick
a nitrogenous base, pentose sugar and phosphatenucleotide
adenine & guaninepurines
cytosine, thymine and uracilpyrimidines
describes the repetative nature of DNA's moleculepolynucleotide
bond between sugars and phosphatescovalent
bond between baseshydrogen bonds
the end of a DNA molecule which carries a phosphate5'
used X-ray crystallography to discover DNA's helical nature, Rosalyn Franklin
discovered the 1:1 ratio of adenine to thymine then guanine to cytosineChargaff
DNA coils around these proteins to be able to condensehistones
Molecule originally suspected of being the genetic materialprotein
nucleic acid lacking thymineRNA
the sugar in RNAribose
strong bond between atomscovalent bond
DNA has instructions to make these biomoleculesproteins
The number and ___ of nucleotides is highly importantorder
different types of cells make different types of ____ .proteins
all cells in an organism have the ___ DNA.same


Biology Teacher
McNeil High School
Austin, TX

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