structure of DNA 1.1

Question 1

what is the 3’ end?

Answer 1

deoxyribose end of DNA strand to which nucleotides can be added

Question 2

what is the 5’ end?

Answer 2

phosphate end of DNA strand to which nucleotides cannot be added

Question 3

what is adenine?

Answer 3

base present in DNA complementary to thymine

Question 4

what is thymine?

Answer 4

base present in DNA complementary to adenine

Question 5

what is guanine?

Answer 5

base present in DNA complementary to cytosine

Question 6

what is cytosine?

Answer 6

base present in DNA complementary to guanine

Question 7

what does antiparallel mean?

Answer 7

the relationship between two strands of DNA with their sugar- phosphate backbones running in opposite directions

Question 8

what is deoxyribose sugar?

Answer 8

the sugar present in DNA

Question 9

what is DNA?

Answer 9

nucleic acid present in linear and circular chromosomes

Question 10

what is a double helix?

Answer 10

two-stranded molecule of DNA wound into a spiral

Question 11

what is an eukaryote?

Answer 11

an advanced organism such as a plant or animal

Question 12

what is a genotype?

Answer 12

genetic constitution of an organism determined by the sequence of bases in its DNA

Question 13

what is a nucleotide?

Answer 13

basic unit of which nucleic acids are composed

Question 14

what is a plasmid?

Answer 14

small ring of DNA present in prokaryotes

Question 15

what is a prokaryote?

Answer 15

simple organism such as a bacterium

Question 16

what is a sugar-phosphate backbone?

Answer 16

supporting structure of nucleic acid molecules formed by bonding between adjacent nucleotides