DNA Flashcards
DNA ia a molecule that holds what
Gentic information
Each cell in oour body has the same ………. in it
DNA
A strand in DNA hold all the infomation for what
The entire body
Wht does DNA stand for
Deoxyribose nucleic acid
DNA is a molecule that is called what
Polymer
A polymer has many repeated units called what
Nucleotides
A nucleatide is mad of what 3 things
- Five carbon sugar
- Phosphate
- Organic base
The five carbon sugar has to always be
Deoxyribose
There are 4 organic base name them
Cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine
The phosphate of sugar of adjacent nuclotide toined together by what reaction
Condensation reaction
When a condensation reaction occurs what does it form
A long polymer strand
DNA has how many strands
2
The 2 polynucleotide strand that are what to each other
Upside down relative to the strands
The organic bases bond together by what
Hhydrogen bonds
Name which organic bases bond with each other with what
Cytosine - guanine 3 hydrogen bonds
Adenine - thymine 2 hydrogen bonds