Into And Replication Flashcards
1
Q
Purines
A
Adenine Guanine
2
Q
Pyrimidine
A
T and C
3
Q
Nucleoside
A
Deoxyribose + base
4
Q
Nucleotide
A
Nucleoside + phosphate
Deoxy + base
5
Q
Does a DNA strand have polarity?
A
Yes
6
Q
Chargaffs Ratio
A
Ratio of A:T and C:G is equal
7
Q
How are nucleotides bonded to each other?
A
Phosphodiester bond joins nucleotides together
8
Q
Covalent bond
A
High energy bond
9
Q
Hydrogen bond
A
Electrostatic attraction b/w polar groups
10
Q
How do we break covalent bonds
A
Enzymes
11
Q
How so we break hydrogen bonds?
A
Desaturation by heat, NaOH