Biochemistry
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Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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RECALL Why is the replication of DNA referred to as a semiconservative process? What is the experimental evidence for the semiconservative nature of the process? What experimental results would you expect if replication of DNA were a conservative process?
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Ch. 10 - RECALL Define replication, transcription, and...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Is the following statement true...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is it more important for DNA...Ch. 10 - RECALL Why is the replication of DNA referred to...Ch. 10 - RECALL What is a replication fork? Why is it...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6RECh. 10 - RECALL Why is it necessary to unwind the DNA helix...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY In the MeselsonStahl experiment...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Suggest a reason why it would be...Ch. 10 - RECALL Do DNA-polymerase enzymes also function as...
Ch. 10 - RECALL Compare and contrast the properties of the...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Define processivity, and...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Comment on the dual role of the...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY What is the importance of...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY DNA synthesis always takes place...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY What would happen to the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 17RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is it not surprising that...Ch. 10 - Prob. 19RECh. 10 - RECALL List the substances required for...Ch. 10 - RECALL Describe the discontinuous synthesis of the...Ch. 10 - RECALL What are the functions of the gyrase,...Ch. 10 - RECALL Single-stranded regions of DNA are attacked...Ch. 10 - RECALL Describe the role of DNA ligase in the...Ch. 10 - RECALL What is the primer in DNA replication?Ch. 10 - Prob. 26RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is a short RNA primer needed...Ch. 10 - Prob. 28RECh. 10 - RECALL What was the recent change in the estimated...Ch. 10 - Prob. 30RECh. 10 - RECALL Why is a clamp loader necessary in...Ch. 10 - RECALL How does proofreading take place in the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 33RECh. 10 - Prob. 34RECh. 10 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Of what benefit is it for...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Your book contains about 2...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY E. coli incorporates...Ch. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY Given the typing speed from...Ch. 10 - Prob. 39RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY How can breakdown in DNA repair...Ch. 10 - Prob. 41RECh. 10 - RECALL What is a direct way of repairing...Ch. 10 - Prob. 43RECh. 10 - Prob. 44RECh. 10 - Prob. 45RECh. 10 - Prob. 46RECh. 10 - RECALL How did Messelson and Weigle demonstrate...Ch. 10 - Prob. 48RECh. 10 - RECALL What is the Holliday Model?Ch. 10 - RECALL Do eukaryotes have fewer origins of...Ch. 10 - RECALL How does DNA replication in eukaryotes...Ch. 10 - Prob. 52RECh. 10 - REFLECT AND APPLY (a) Eukaryotic DNA replication...Ch. 10 - Prob. 54RECh. 10 - Prob. 55RECh. 10 - Prob. 56RECh. 10 - Prob. 57RECh. 10 - Prob. 58RECh. 10 - Prob. 59RECh. 10 - Prob. 60RECh. 10 - Prob. 61RECh. 10 - Prob. 62RECh. 10 - Prob. 63RECh. 10 - Prob. 64RE
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- REFLECT AND APPLY Suggest a reason why it would be unlikely for replication to take place without unwinding the DNA helix.arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY In the MeselsonStahl experiment that established the semiconservative nature of DNA replication, the extraction method produced short fragments of DNA. What sort of results might have been obtained with longer pieces of DNA?arrow_forwardRECALL Why is it necessary to unwind the DNA helix in the replication process?arrow_forward
- RECALL Why is the use of temperature-stable DNA polymerase an important factor in the polymerase chain reaction?arrow_forwardREFLECT AND APPLY Give the DNA sequence for the template strand that gives rise to the following sequence gel, prepared using the Sanger method with a radioactive label at the 5' end of the primer.arrow_forwardRECALL Why is temperature control so important in the polymerase chain reaction?arrow_forward
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