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Introduction to Nucleic Acids: Structure and Composition, Quizzes of Cell Biology

A comprehensive overview of nucleic acids, their building blocks (nucleotides), and their key components (nucleotides and nitrogenous bases). It covers the structures of ribose and deoxyribose, the numbering of carbons in pentose sugars, the types and functions of nitrogenous bases in dna and rna, the composition of the dna backbone, the bonds that hold nucleotides together, the structure of dna and its alpha helix, the types of bonds that hold dna strands together, the concept of complementary base pairing, and the different forms of dna. Essential for students studying molecular biology, genetics, or biochemistry.

What you will learn

  • What are the two types of nitrogenous bases?
  • What does deoxyribose look like?
  • What are the three components of nucleotides?
  • What bonds hold nucleotides together and how are they formed?
  • What does antiparallel mean?
  • What are the basic building blocks of nucleic acids?

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2014/2015

Uploaded on 03/11/2015

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TERM 1
What are nucleic acids and give examples?
DEFINITION 1
What are the basic building blocks of NA?
TERM 2
What are the three components of
nucleotides?
DEFINITION 2
What does ribose look like?
TERM 3
What does deoxyribose look
like?
DEFINITION 3
How do we number carbons in a pentose sugar?
TERM 4
What are the nitrogenous bases in
DNA?
DEFINITION 4
What are the nitrogenous bases in RNA?
TERM 5
What are the two types of nitrogenous bases?
DEFINITION 5
What is the DNA backbone composed of?
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What are nucleic acids and give examples?

What are the basic building blocks of NA?

TERM 2

What are the three components of

nucleotides?

DEFINITION 2

What does ribose look like?

TERM 3

What does deoxyribose look

like?

DEFINITION 3

How do we number carbons in a pentose sugar?

TERM 4

What are the nitrogenous bases in

DNA?

DEFINITION 4

What are the nitrogenous bases in RNA?

TERM 5

What are the two types of nitrogenous bases?

DEFINITION 5

What is the DNA backbone composed of?

What bonds hold nucleotides together and

how are they formed?

Describe Phosphodiester bonds

TERM 7

Which way is the sequence read? & which end

is which?

DEFINITION 7

Describe the structure of DNA and what is a alpha helix?

TERM 8

What kind of bonds hold the two DNA stands

together?

DEFINITION 8

What does antiparallel mean?

TERM 9

What charge is DNA?

DEFINITION 9

Describe complementary base pairing in DNA and RNA

TERM 10

How many base pairs per turn of the helix?

DEFINITION 10

How many angstroms (A) between each base pair?