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what is dna

a nucleic acid

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nucleotides

  • five carbon sugar

  • phosphate group

  • nitrogenous base

  • hydroxyl group


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gene

  • carry info

  • be stable

  • be copy able


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  • endonuclease


A group of enzymes that break the phosphodiester bond present within the polynucleotide chain of DNA

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  • exonuclease


the removal of nucleotides in either the 5’ to 3’ or 3’ to 5’ direction from the ends of single-stranded and/or double-stranded DNA

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  • proofreading


  • error correcting process

  • occurs during dna replication

  • dna polymerase


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  • telomeres


caps at the end of chromosomes that keep them from unraveling or sticking together

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  • telomerase


adds dna to the end of chromosomes (telomeres)