| A | B |
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| nucleic acids | responsible for carrying gentic information and directing the production of proteins |
| deoxyribose | sugar molecule found in DNA |
| ribose | sugar molecule found in RNA |
| Mr. Van's biology students | the hardest working students at PHS |
| uracil | nitrogen base NOT found in DNA |
| semi-conservative | type of replication that creates two daughter molecules containing one nucleotide strand from the parent molecule lllllllllllllllllllll l llllllllll lll lllllllllll lllllllll lllllll llllllll |
| template | used to make another nucleotide strand |
| mRNA molecules | produced by transcription |
| nucleotide | composed of a single sugar, nitrogen base, and phosphate group |
| guanine | complementary to cytosine |
| adenine | complementary to thymine |
| complementary | nitrogen bases that are bonded together |
| phosphodiester bonds | hold phosphate groups and sugar molecules together in nucleic acids |
| hydrogen bonds | hold complementary nitrogen bases together |
| double helix | "twisted ladder" shape |
