Molecules of Heredity: DNA and RNA Flashcards
1
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DNA and RNA
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Linear polymers of nucleotides
2
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Nucleotides
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nitrogenous base, 5 carbon sugar, phosphate group
3
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DNA Nucleobases
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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine
4
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RNA Nucleobases
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Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine and Guanine
5
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Antiparallel
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DNA strands run in opposite directions
6
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Pyrimidines
A
CUT
7
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Purines
A
AG
8
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Chromosomes are composed of
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40% DNA and 60% Histones
9
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Histones
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family of proteins
10
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Nucleosomes
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Ball like structure made of histones which causes part of DNA coiling
11
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Gene
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unit of DNA that tells how to build m,r,tRNA or regulate transcription
12
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Proteins
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polymers of amino acids
