DNA Flashcards
DNA stands for:
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
it is the blueprint of our body
DNA
Material that transfers genetic characteristics in all life
DNA
where is DNA found in?
In the nucleus of the cell
stores info of an organism
DNA
controls the production of protein
DNA
shape of DNA
like a twisted ladder/zipper, or double stranded helix
orientation of DNA
anti-parallel orientation
DNA is ____-stranded
double
3 components of DNA
- Deoxyribose sugar
- nitrogenous bases
- phosphate group
made out of the 3 components of DNA
nucleotide
holds sugar and phosphate
phosphodiester linkage
secures the structure of DNA
hydrogen bonding
bases that can only pair
nitrogenous bases
C means
citosine
G means
guanine
A means
adenine
T means
Thymine
2 pairs of nitrogenous bonding
C-G, A-T
how many hydrogen bonds does C-G have
3
how many hydrogen bonds does A-T have
2
they co-originated the double helix strand
James Watson and Francis Cricks
they won a nobel prize of DNA Model but work is controversial
James Watson and Francis Cricks