Molecular Biology Of DNA Replication! Trivia Quiz

The first DNA polymerase was discovered by _______.

When double-stranded DNA is heated to 94-95ºC, it becomes single-stranded due to the hydrogen bonds breaking. This process is called _______.

When single-stranded DNA is cooled to below 60ºC, it becomes double stranded due specific base pairing. This process is called _______.

In Meselson and Stahl's experiment, _______ generation(s) after cells were transferred from heavy-nitrogen medium to light nitrogen medium, all of the DNA was of hybrid density. (Type in a number.)(I believe we didn't cover this one this year, 2010).

In Meselson and Stahl's experiment, _______ generation(s) after cells were transferred from heavy-nitrogen medium to light nitrogen medium, half of the DNA was of hybrid density. (Type in a number.)(I believe we didn't cover this one this year, 2010).

In 1958, Meselson and Stahl proved that DNA replication was _______.

DNA polymerase adds a nucleotide to the ___'-OH (hydroxyl) of a primer DNA molecule. (Type in a number)

The main replication polymerase of E. coli is DNA polymerase ____. (We didn't cover this one this year, 2010).

The enzyme that breaks the hydrogen bonds at the replication fork is called _______.

The protein that binds to single-stranded DNA to keep it from kinking up is abbreviated with the three letters ______.

The short RNA molecule made at the beginning of an Okazaki fragment is called an RNA _______.

Okazaki fragments are needed for replication on the ______ strand.

A reverse transcriptase that is involved in replication of the tips of eukaryotic chromosomes is the enzyme _______.

The end of a eukaryotic chromosome is called the _______.