DNA Structure & Function (bio)

by CarterKJ

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DNA stands for?

deoxyribonucleic acid

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20 cards

1

DNA stands for?

deoxyribonucleic acid

2

DNA is polymer made up of what monomer unit (building blocks)?

nucleotides

3

What are the three parts of a nucleotide?

5 carbon sugar, phosphate group, nitrogen base

4

What are DNA's 4 nitrogen bases?

Adenine, Guanine,Cytosine,Thymine

5

What does adenine pair with?

Thymine

6

What does thymine pair with?

Adenine

7

What does cytosine pair with?

Guanine

8

What does guanine pair with?

Cytosine

9

DNA is _________ stranded

double

10

shape of DNA

double helix

11

RNA has a __________ stranded helix

single

12

The bases of DNA are held together by weak ___________ bonds

hydrogen

13

3 parts of a nucleotide

phosphate, deoxyribose sugar, nitrogen base

14

What determines genetic code?

sequence/order of the nucleotides (sequence of ATCG)

15

Backbone of DNA

phosphate and deoxyribose sugar

16

Rungs of DNA

composed of nitrogen base pairs

17

Differences between DNA and RNA (3)

DNA has deoxyribose sugar, thymine, and is double-stranded. RNA has ribose sugar, uracil, and is single-stranded

18

Write the complementary DNA sequence for : AATCTG

TTAGAC

19

antiparallel

The opposite arrangement of the sugar-phosphate backbones in a DNA double helix.

20

DNA and RNA are what type of macromolecule?

nucleic acids