Molecular Basis of Inheritance Flashcards
what are the building blocks of genetic material?
DNA or RNA - Nucleic Acids
_____ is the genetic material in most of the organisms
DNA
___ is the genetic material in some viruses
RNA
___ mostly functions as messengers
RNA
_________________ is the polymer of nucleotides
polynucleotides
____ and ____ are polynucleotide
DNA
RNA
A polynucleotide has ___ components, _________________, _______________ and _________________
3
phosphate group
pentose sugar
Nitrogenous base
there are ___ types of Nitrogenous bases ________ and ________
2
purines
pyrimidines
Purines includes _________ AND ________
Adenine
guanine
pyrimidines includes _____________, ____________ and ___________
Thymine
uracil
Cytosine
A nitrogenous base is linked with pentose sugar with the bond known as? and forms a
N glycoside linkage
Nucleoside
what is the difference between nucleosides and nucleotides
nucleosides lacks phosphate group while nucleotide has one
A nucleoside containing adenine in RNA will be called as
Adenosine
A nucleoside containing adenine in DNA will be called as
deyoxiadosine
A nucleoside containing guanine in RNA will be called as
guanosine
A nucleoside containing guanine in DNA will be called as
deoxyguanosine
A nucleoside containing cytosine in RNA will be called as
Cytidine
A nucleoside containing cytosine in DNA will be called as
deoxycytidine
A nucleoside containing Uracil in RNA will be called as
Uridine
A nucleoside containing thymine in DNA will be called as
deoxythymidine
what differentiate RNA from DNA in its structure.
In RNA has extra OH group at its 2nd position of carbon (Ribose)
