Lecture 3 Flashcards
1
Q
Basic components of Nucleusides and nucleotides are called ___.
A
NITROGENOUS BASES
2
Q
2 types of NITROGENOUS BASES
A
Purine (bigger structure, smaller name) & Pyrimidine (smaller structure, long name)
3
Q
Purine
A
counterclockwise
4
Q
Pyrimidine
A
Clockwise
5
Q
Nitrogenous Bases
A
AT - adenine, thymine
CG - cytosine, guanine
U - uracil
6
Q
Purines
A
AG
7
Q
Pyrimidines
A
TC
8
Q
If you add sugar (ribose sugar) to your nitrogenous base. unsay porma?
A
Nucleosides
9
Q
If naa na sugar,
adenine becomes?
A
Adenosine
10
Q
2 types of Nucleosides
A
RIBONUCLEOSIDE (RNA) & DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE (DNA)
11
Q
Chemical basis of heredity
A
DNA
12
Q
DNA → RNA → PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
T O F
A
TRUE
13
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A
