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 |