Nucleotides/Nucleic acids A-Z Flashcards
1
Q
What are Nucleic acids?
A
Long chains of nucleotides.
2
Q
What is the function of Nucleic acids?
A
Store and transmit genetic information.
3
Q
What are nucleotides made up of?
A
Base, sugar and phosphate.
4
Q
What are the nucleotides of DNA?
A
Adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
5
Q
Nucleotides of RNA?
A
Adenine, uracil, guanine, cytosine
6
Q
Structure of DNA?
A
Double strand
7
Q
Structure of RNA?
A
Single strand
8
Q
What makes the genetic code?
A
In the sequence of strands of nucleotides - random to make random genetic code.
9
Q
What are nucleotides?
A
The building blocks of DNA and RNA.
