Bio Quiz On Dna Flashcards
How many metres of dna are in each cell
2 metres
What does dna coil around
Histone protiens
What’s a chromatid
Compacted DNA
What are the 3 components of dna
Phosphate group
Nitrogenous bases
Deoxyribose sugar
What bonds connect the sugar phosphate backbone
Phosphodiester bonds
What does 5 prime and 3 prime end with
5 prime ends with phosphate
3 primes ends in sugar and hydroxy group
What two bases are pyrimindes
Thymine and cytosine
What two bases are purines
Adenine and guanine
What are purines
Double ring structure
What’s a pryimindes
Single ring structure
What is à polynucleotide
Multiple nucleotide bonded together
How many hydrogen bonds bind a and t
2
How many hydrogen bonds bind c and g
3
How does the double helix run
Anti parallel ( each strand has a 5 prime and 3 prime end)
What does 3 prime end with
Hydroxyl group