DNA structure Flashcards
Deoxyribose nucleic acid
DNA
phosphate
part of the nucleic acid
anti-parallel
when the 3 and 5 matchups and the 5 and the 3 matches up
nitrogen base
base of nucleotide
Rosalind Franklin
x-rays to discover the structure of DNA
nucleotide
the monomer of nucleic acid
hydrogen bonds
weak bonds in DNA
Purine
adenine guanine
Hershey and Chase
DNA is the genetic material and not protein
Watson & Crick
discovered double helix
double helix
form of DNA
5 prime
5 end compound
pyrimidine
cytidine and thymine
DNA transformation
double helix shape
chargaff’s rule
Adenine and thymine
Cytidine and guanine
deoxyribose
5 carbon sugar molecule
3 prime
3 end compound
Complementary base pairing
DNA guanine always hydrogen bonds to cytosine and adenine always binds to thymine
Fredrick Griffith
showing that bacteria can get DNA through a process called transformation