Fill in the Blanks — Self-Test (with Answer Key) — Notes

Griffith showed that ________ from heat-killed S-strain transformed R-strain bacteria.
Avery proved that ________ (enzyme) destroyed the transforming principle, confirming it was DNA.
Hershey and Chase used ________ to label DNA and ________ to label protein.
The Watson-Crick model describes DNA as a ________ double helix.
In DNA, Adenine forms ________ hydrogen bonds with Thymine.
Chargaff's rules state that A = ________ and G = ________.
The nucleosome octamer contains two copies each of ________, ________, ________, ________.
Meselson-Stahl proved DNA replication is ________.
________ enzyme unwinds the double helix; ________ synthesizes RNA primers.
Okazaki fragments are found on the ________ strand.
RNA polymerase does ________ $\frac{does}{does not}$ require a primer.
The template strand is read ________ to ________ by RNA polymerase.
mRNA is synthesized ________ to ________ by RNA polymerase.
The three stop codons are ________, ________, and ________.
In translation, the ________ site receives incoming aminoacyl-tRNA; the ________ site is where the growing chain is attached.
The Lac operon inducer (actual molecule) is ________.
The repressor (encoded by ________) binds the ________ to block transcription.
Structural genes in the Lac operon: ________ encodes beta-galactosidase; ________ encodes permease.
The human genome contains approximately ________ bp and ________ protein-coding genes.
DNA fingerprinting uses ________ detected by ________ blotting.