IB Biology D1.1 Definitions
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acetylation
The addition of an acetyl group to histone N-terminal tails prevents the nucleosome from packing together and loosens the H1 protein to allow for DNA replication or transcription
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lagging strand
The strand that has the replication fork running in the 3' to 5' direction and replication in the 5' to 3' direction
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leading strand
The strand that has the replication fork and replication both running in the 5' to 3' direction
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Sanger sequencing
A method of base sequencing that involves the use of ddNAs
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