DNA structure & DNA Replication

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Helicase
________ unzips the 2 DNA strands which breaks up hydrogen bonds.
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Ligase
________ (the gluer; Helps glue DNA fragments together)
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Primase
________ (the initializer; Primase makes the primer this helps DNA polymerase know where to go to work)
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Covalent bonds
________ are going to occur within each linear strand.
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Pyrimidines
1 ring
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Purines
2 rings
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Trick
Adenine & Guanine have 2 ns which makes them purines (2 rings) while Cytosine & Thymine dont
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Two types of bonds
Covalent & Hydrogen bonds
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Semi-conservative replication definition
During DNA replication, the new strand consists of 1 original strand and 1 new synthesis strand.