DNA Replication Flashcards
1
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What is in DNA
A
Sugar, phosphate, 4 nitrogenous base, and deoxyribose
2
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What is in RNA
A
Sugar, phosphate, ribose
3
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What is in a nucleotide
A
Phosphate group, pentose sugar, nitrogenous base, 5 ‘ forms phosphodiester bond with 3’
4
Q
Who is Linus Pauling
A
Known for winning Nobel prize for discovering structure for a-helix in proteins
5
Q
Who is Maurice Wilkin and James Watson
A
Cystallographers working on DNA structure
6
Q
Franci Crick and James Watson discoveries
A
DNA molecule is a helix 2nm in diameter-two stands
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7
Q
Double helix components
A
Complementary
Connected by h-bonds
Have polarity
Anti parallel