Chapter 12 Name ______

DNA

Information and Heredity, the cellular basis of life

12-1: DNA Identifying the Substance of Genes

Frederick Griffith’sExperiments (1920s)

Bacterial Transformation

1. He was studying bacteria that cause______.

2. His experiment led to a discovery of a process a called ______:

- Process in which one strain of bacteria ______into another strain.

Bacterial Viruses- The ______cause of ______.

What role did Bacterial ______play in identifying the ______material?

Oswald Avery (1940s)

1. His goal was to determine what ______was used during ______.

2. By a process of elimination using biological ______, they discovered that

______was the ______factor.

The Hershey – Chase Experiment (Alfred Hershey & Martha Chase 1950s)

1. They did an experiment involving ______to prove the work of both

______& Avery.

2. Viruses are only made of two things:

- ______

- ______

3. In step 1 of their experiment, they tagged ______with radioactive ______to

see if that was the ______factor. It was the transforming factor!!

4. In step 2 of their experiment, they tagged the ______with radioactive _____

to see if that was the ______factor. It was not.

The Role of DNA What is the role of DNA in ______?

The DNA that makes up genes can:

  1. ______information in the ______
  1. ______this information in the cells.
  1. ______this information in the cells.

Studythebook – cell analogyon page 342 of your textbook.A book can ______information, you can ______information from this book and the book after being copied can be ______or ______to others.

12-2: The Structure and components of DNA

  1. A ______is the ______of a nucleic acid such as _____or RNA.
  1. It has 3 components:

A ______group.

A 5 carbon sugar called ______

A ______base

The DNA Nucleotide:

3. There are four different bases in DNA:

- ______(A)- ______(T)

- ______(G)- ______(C)

4. These bases are placed in two groups:

- ______(double ring)  A & G

- ______(single ring)  C & T

5. Chargaff’s Rules of Base Pairing:

- ______pairs with ______- _____ pairs with _____

- a ______will pair with a ______

The Double______:

1. The structure of DNA was discovered through the work of three people:

A. ______ (1950s)

- she used a technique called

______

to show that DNA has two strands that form a ______.

B. James ______& Francis______ (1953)

- They expanded on Franklin’s work by building a ______of DNA.

- Their model had a ______structure

- The helix had a ______-______backbone.

- The ______ were in the ______and held together by ______

______.

Section 12-3:Replication

What is replication?

______

______

The steps:

1. ______ “unzips” the double helix by breaking the

___ bonds between the bases.

- Two helicase enzymes work in opposite directions & form a ______

- The site where the helicase is doing the unzipping is called a ______

The steps:

2. Within the replication bubble, two ______ work

in opposite directions & make a complementary strand of DNA.

3. At the end of replication, there are two ______of DNA.

How does ______replication differ in:

Prokaryoticcells Eukaryoticcells?

-Prokaytoes or ______cells normally have a ______circular strand of ______. Replication starts from a single point and proceeds in 2 directions.

-In Eukaryotes or cells with a ______, replication begins at dozens or even ______of places and proceeds in both directions.

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