UNIT 3 DNA GLOSSARY OF TERMS
I have listed the important terms from Chapter 1 of your textbook along with the page
numbers where the terms can be found. You may fill these in using a word processor,
index cards or write them in a spiral notebook.
1. nucleic acid p 6
2. nucleotide – p 2, 3
3. nucleoside – p 3
4. pyrimidine –p 3
5. purines –p 3
6. nitrogen bases –p 3
7. mt DNA
8. base pair (bp)
9. deletion – p 163, 166 Chpt 8
10. DNA polymerase – p 12
11. Okazaki fragment – p 8
12. proof reading p11
13. replication
14. helicase - p 15-16
15. lagging strand – p 8
16. leading strand- p 8
17. replication fork p 8
18. primase – p 8
19. holoenzyme – p 9
20. exonuclease – p 14
21. endonuclease p10
22. Klenow fragment p 10
23. DNA ligase - p14
24. Restriction enzymes – p 12
25. processivity – p 12
26. fidelity - p 12
27. substrate specificity – p 12
28. restriction enzyme – p 12
29. pallindromic – p 13
30. sticky end – p 13
31. blunt end – p 13, 14
32. overhang – p 13
33. nick p 11
34. DNA ligase p 11
35. terminal transferase p 11
36. topoisomerase