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What was the initial assumption about DNA's ability to store genetic information?
What was the purpose of Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase's experiment?
What is the characteristic of DNA molecules?
What occurs when the rotation of a coil is restrained?
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What are DNA, RNA, and proteins often called?
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What did Oswald Avery and his colleagues set out to discover?
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What is the term for a plasmid that integrates into the chromosome?
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What is the process called when a bacterium loses a plasmid?
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What is a characteristic of plasmid replication?
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What is the purpose of curing treatments?
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What determines the effect of a mutation on an organism?
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What is true about the inheritance of plasmids during cell division?
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What is the function of helicases during DNA replication in bacteria?
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In which direction do DNA polymerases catalyze DNA synthesis?
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What is the function of topoisomerase during DNA replication?
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What is the rate of elongation in bacteria during DNA synthesis?
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What is the result of each nucleotide added to a growing DNA strand?
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What is the region where DNA replication occurs called?
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