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  2. DNA replication - Wikipedia

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    As DNA synthesis continues, the original DNA strands continue to unwind on each side of the bubble, forming a replication fork with two prongs. In bacteria, which have a single origin of replication on their circular chromosome, this process creates a "theta structure" (resembling the Greek letter theta: θ). In contrast, eukaryotes have longer ...

  3. DNA - Wikipedia

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    DNA profiling was developed in 1984 by British geneticist Sir Alec Jeffreys, [166] and first used in forensic science to convict Colin Pitchfork in the 1988 Enderby murders case. [167] The development of forensic science and the ability to now obtain genetic matching on minute samples of blood, skin, saliva, or hair has led to re-examining many ...

  4. Eukaryotic transcription - Wikipedia

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    Double stranded DNA that enters from the front of the enzyme is unzipped to avail the template strand for RNA synthesis. For every DNA base pair separated by the advancing polymerase, one hybrid RNA:DNA base pair is immediately formed. DNA strands and nascent RNA chain exit from separate channels; the two DNA strands reunite at the trailing end ...

  5. Eukaryotic DNA replication - Wikipedia

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    DNA replication on the lagging strand is discontinuous. In lagging strand synthesis, the movement of DNA polymerase in the opposite direction of the replication fork requires the use of multiple RNA primers. DNA polymerase will synthesize short fragments of DNA called Okazaki fragments which are added to the 3' end of the primer. These ...

  6. Glossary of biology - Wikipedia

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    Also called an antibacterial. A type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. Archaea One of the three recognized domains of organisms, the other two being Bacteria and Eukaryota. artificial selection Also called selective breeding. The process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively control the development of particular ...

  7. Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for ...

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    Other advances in molecular biology stemming from the discovery of the DNA double helix eventually led to ways to sequence genes. James Watson directed the Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health. [7] The ability to sequence and manipulate DNA is now central to the biotechnology industry and modern medicine.

  8. Genetic transformation - Wikipedia

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    The transferred DNA (called T-DNA) is piloted to the plant cell nucleus by nuclear localization signals present in the Agrobacterium protein VirD2, which is covalently attached to the end of the T-DNA at the Right border (RB). Exactly how the T-DNA is integrated into the host plant genomic DNA is an active area of plant biology research.

  9. Transcription bubble - Wikipedia

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    The double helix DNA is unwound and a short nucleotide sequence is accessible on each strand. [1] The transcription bubble is a region of unpaired bases on one of the exposed DNA strands. The starting transcription point is determined by the place where the holoenzyme binds to a promoter. The DNA is unwound and single-stranded at the start site.