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What is the semi conservative model?
The double helix of DNA consist of one old strand and one newly made strand
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What is transcription?
The process by which the message from DNA is rewritten into RNA
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What is the Central Dogma?
DNA -> RNA-> Protein
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What is RNA polymerase?
The main enzyme that transcribes DNA into mRNA
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What is a retrovirus?
An RNA virus that reproduces by transcribing its RNA into DNA and then inserting the DNA into a cellular chromosome
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What does tRNA do?
Carries each amino acid to the ribosome
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What are restriction enzymes?
Enzyme that cuts DNA at specific sequences of nucleotides
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What is the PCR (polymerase chain reaction)?
A method of producing thousands of copies of DNA segment using DNA polymerase
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