A | B |
Adenine | 1 of the four nitrogen-containing bases found in DNA nucleotides |
Base-paring rule | cytosine pairs with guanine & adenine pairs with thymine |
Complementary base pair | are connected to each other by hydrogen bonds |
Cytosin | 1 of the four nitrogen-containing bases found in DNA nucleotides |
Deoxyribose | – a sugar molecule found in DNA nucleotides |
DNA polymerase | enzyme that binds to the separated strands of DNA |
Double helix | DNA is composed of 2 nucleotide chains that wrap around each other |
Guanine | 1 of the four nitrogen-containing bases found in DNA nucleotides |
Helicase | enzyme that seprates DNA strands before replication |
Mutation | a change in DNA |
Nitrogen containing base | contains a nitrogen atom |
Purine | organic molecule that has a double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms |
Pyrimidine | organic molecule that has a single ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms |
Replication | process by which DNA copies itself during interphase |
Replication fork | the points at which the DNA strands separate during replication |
Thymine | 1 of the four nitrogen-containing bases found in DNA nucleotides |