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Glycolysis - ANSWER-The fundamental process of the breakdown of sugars, which
microorganisms like yeast convert sugar to ethanol.
Fried rich Wohler - ANSWER-Showed that ammonium cyanate could synthesize to
make urea.
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER-Devised ways to exclude bacteria from fermentation
mixtures.
Vitalism - ANSWER-A view devised by Pasteur that states that fermentation of
sugar to ethanol could only occur in whole living cells.
Eduard & Hans Buchner - ANSWER-Disproved vitalism by observing dead yeast
cells which opened up processes in vitro.
In vitro - ANSWER-Meaning "in glass", In test tube or outside of a living organism
or cell. (Which identifies metabolic and pathway reactions)
In vivo - ANSWER-In living organisms or cells.
Enzyme - ANSWER-A catalyst that promotes biochemical reaction. (Greek for "in
yeast")
James B. Sumner - ANSWER-Discovered that in jack beans, an enzyme called
urease is discovered to be made entirely out of protein and could be crystalized
like any organic compound.
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Genes - ANSWER-Control the synthesis of the enzymes involved
Gregor Mendel - ANSWER-Studied generics from pea plants and realized that
genes must be found in chromosomes which are composed of nucleic acids and
proteins.
Chromosomes - ANSWER-A substance composed of nucleic acids and proteins
which functions to store genes.
Friedrich Miescher - ANSWER-Discovered nucleic acids and identified them as
chemical constituents (1869)
DNA - ANSWER-•Primary bearer of information (discovered in 1950)
•Encodes genetic information into the nucleus.
RNA - ANSWER-A single stranded informational molecule.
James Watson and Francis Crick - ANSWER-Described the double helical structure
in 1953
1960 - ANSWER-The year the functions of DNA were discovered.
1973 - ANSWER-The year DNA was produced in vitro