5.1 Flashcards smth or other
What are the parts of a nucleotide?
Sugar deoxyribose, phosphate, and nitrogen base
What are the 4 base pairs?
Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine
What base pairs bond with which?
Adenine bonds with thymine, cytosine bonds with guanine
What are the two rings?
Pyrimidine and Purine
Which ring has how many rings?
Pyrimidine has one, purine has two
Which base pair is which kind of ring?
Thymine and Cytosine are pyrimidines, and adenine and guanine are purine
What bonds hold together the Sugar?phosphate back bone?
Covalent bonds
What bond holds together the base pairs?
Hydrogen bonds
What is a saying to be able to remember what base pair bonds with which?
“Apple in the tree”. “Car in the garage”
Between what carbons are nucleotides bonded from phosphate and sugar?
Every 3’ and 5’ carbons