Nucleic Acids Flashcards
0
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What are the components of Nucleic acids?
A
Pentose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogenous base
1
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What are the monomers of nucleotides?
A
Nucleic acids
2
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What are the variable nitrogenous bases?
A
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine
3
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What is the sugar DNA?
A
Deoxyribose
4
Q
What is the RNA sugar?
A
Ribose sugar
5
Q
How are nucleic acid polymers formed?
A
The phosphate of one nucleotide to the sugar of the next nucleotide is joined by phosphodiester bond.
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Q
What are the differences between DNA and RNA?
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DNA is double stranded and RNA is single-stranded.
7
Q
DNA is organised in two strands that are…
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…they are anti-parallel
8
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What are the three different types of ribonucleic acids?
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mRNA (messenger RNA)
rRNA (ribosomal RNA)
tRNA (transfer RNA)
