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Enzymes use one of the strands within dna to create a template
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Chromosome
Long strand of base pairs, contains genes
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Template strand
Strand used to generate RNA
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Termination
the enzyme detaches to a gene after creating an MRNA
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Translation
Process of TRNA assembling a protein by bringing amino acids to the ribosome in order that mRNA code says
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Where does translation take place
The ribosomes
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Where does transcription take place
The nucleus
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Where does replication take place?
nucleus
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In the nucleus, DNA is stored in what “x-shaped” structure?
Nucloeus
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What ball-shaped structure does DNA wrap around?
Histomes
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helicase unwinds the DNA creating a replication fork
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primase starts the replication
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DNA polymerase III adds the new nucleotides to the strands
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DNA polymerase I checks the strands at the end
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 ligase adds the okazaki fragments together
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About how many genes are in a typical human DNA strand?
23,000
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How many chromosomes do humans have?
46 (23 pairs)
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What is the process of the nuclear division called?
Mitosis
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During what life cycle phase does DNA replication occur?
Synthesis phase
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Replication Fork
The Y-shaped region that results when the two strands separate.