Microbiology: Principles and Explorations

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ISBN: 9781119390114

Author: Black

Publisher: WILEY

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DNA and RNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is usually called the blueprint of life. Deoxyribose is a monosaccharide that has a key function in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. One less oxygen-containing hydroxyl group occurs in deoxyribose sugar. Nucleic acid, d…

DNA as the Genetic Material

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a long polymeric nucleic acid molecule discovered in the late 1930s. It is a polymer; a long chain-like molecule made up of several monomers connected in a sequence. It possesses certain characteristics that qualify it a…

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The significant branch in science which involves the study of genes, gene variations, and the organism's heredity is known as genetics. It is also used to study the involvement of a gene or set of genes in the health of an individual and how it prevents …

DNA Replication

The mechanism by which deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is capable of producing an exact copy of its own is defined as DNA replication. The DNA molecules utilize a semiconservative method for replication.

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Microbiology: Principles and Explorations

Ch. 8 - Compare and contrast chromosomes in prokaryotes...Ch. 8 - DNA is not always the gemetic material. What are...Ch. 8 - How could mutations give rise to new alleles of a...Ch. 8 - How does trandlation differ from transcription?Ch. 8 - Distinguish between leading and lagging strands.Ch. 8 - What do 5 and 3 refer to? How do they determine...Ch. 8 - Contrast the three kinds of RNA. Does DNA make all...Ch. 8 - What feeds back in feedback inhibition? What does...Ch. 8 - What is the inducer for the lac operon?Ch. 8 - Compare enzyme induction and enzyme repression.

Ch. 8 - If you had be exposed to a mutagen,would you...Ch. 8 - How can a change in geneotype fail to produce a...Ch. 8 - Why are nitrates and nitrites, which have been...

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