Midterm 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What Nucleic Acid Bases are Purines?
A
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
2
Q
What Nucleic Acid Bases are Pyrimidines?
A
Adenine
Guanine
3
Q
What are the names of nucleosides?
A
- deoxyadenosine, adenosine
- guanosine, deoxyguanosine
- cytidine, deoxycytidine
- thymidine, deoxythymidine
- uridine
4
Q
What makes up a nucleoside?
A
Base and pentose
5
Q
What are the names of nucleotides?
A
-(deoxy)adenylate
-(deoxy)guanylate
-(deoxy)cytidylate
-(deoxy)thymidylate
-uridylate
or nucleoside name 5’-monophosphate
6
Q
What makes a nucleotide?
A
-nucleoside and phosphate
7
Q
What makes up a nucleic acid?
A
-string of nucleotides
8
Q
Symbols
A
A, dA, dAMP
A, AMP
