Molecular Inheritance

Question 1

What is Chargaff’s rule?

Answer 1

In any organism, the amount of A+T and the amount of G=C

Question 2

What does topoisomerase do?

Answer 2

Releases tension caused by unzipping

Question 3

What does primase do?

Answer 3

Lays down RNA primer

Question 4

What does helicase do?

Answer 4

Unzips helicase, breaks H bonds

Question 5

What do single-strand binding proteins (SSBP) do?

Answer 5

Keeps strands apart and prevent H bond formation

Question 6

In what direction does template strand read?

Answer 6

3’ to 5’

Question 7

In what direction does new strand build?

Answer 7

5’ to 3’