Lesson 2.2 Flashcards
1
Q
Nucleic Acids:
A
Purines and Pyrimidines
2
Q
Purines:
A
Adenine
Guanine
3
Q
Pyrimidines
A
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
4
Q
Ribose =
A
RNA
5
Q
Deoxyribose =
A
DNA, missing oxygen
6
Q
Nucleotide =
A
phosphate
7
Q
Nucleoside =
A
no phosphate
8
Q
Nucleic acids are
A
polymers of nucleotides
9
Q
Linear polymers have distinctive ends =
A
5’ to 3’
10
Q
Monomers =
A
connected via phosphodiester bonds
11
Q
DNA –>
A
transcription –> mRNA –> translation –> protein
