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Cell Phys Chapter 7

  1. What links nucleotide bases together?
    Phosphodiester bond
  2. Double helix of DNA structure is held together by
    Noncovalent interactions (hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions)
  3. Number of hydrogen bonds between AT
    2
  4. Number of hydrogen bonds between CG
    3
  5. Semiconservative charactaristic of eukaryotic DNA replication
    Each daughter cell contains 1 parent strand and 1 newstrand
  6. Bidirectional characteristic of eukaryotic DNA replication
    Starts at several points, replication "bubble" is formed (Bidirectional with multiple origins)
  7. DNA polymerases cannot synthesize new DNA without
    Short stretches of RNA
  8. RNA primase makes
    Small stretches of RNA
  9. DNA polymerases elongate DNA chain by addition of
    Base pairs to the 3' end
  10. New DNA is always synthesized in what direction?
    5' - 3'
  11. Parental strand is read in what direction?
    3' - 5'
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Cell Phys Chapter 7
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Cell Phys Chapter 7 - DNA
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