NUCLEIC ACID Flashcards
This structure forms a structural unit that provides a most stable arrangement for the long DNA molecules
Histones
Overview of the central dogma
DNA-Transcription-mRNA-Translation-tRNA-Protein Synthesis
suffix used with purine bases when naming a nucleotide?
-osine
suffic for pyrimidine bases
-idine
Homologous have similar structure, but not
identical
A: DNA molecules are much smaller than RNA molecules, ranging from 75 nucleotides to a few thousand nucleotides
B: RNA, unlike DNA does not contain equal amounts of specific bases
Statement A: Incorrect
Statement B: Correct
Best describes the carbohydrate present in the nucleic acid?
a carboxyl group attached on the second carbon
What is an important factor between base paris in stabilizing the DNA double helix structure
hydrogen bonding
Which of the following is the composition of GUANINE?
2-amino-6-oxo purine derivative
What will happen when a phosphates groups adds to a nucleoside?
A nucleotide is produced
most abundant type of RNA that combines with proteins to form ribosomes
rRNA
He performed the first experiment showing that bacteria can get DNA through a process called transformation
Frederick Griffith
It is any part of a gene that will become a part of the final mature RNA
Exon
Information encoded in an mRNa molecule is used to assemble a specific protein
Transcription process
Its primary function is the storage and transfer of genetic information
DNA
