Biological molecules nucleic acids

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Who described structure of DNA
Watson and crick
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What year was structure of DNA described by
1953
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What is genetic material in living organisms
DNA
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DNA is composed of what polymer
Polynucleotide
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Polynucleotide is composed of what monomer
Nucleotides
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Structure of DNA consists of phosphate, nitrogenous bases and ____________ sugar
Deoxyribose
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What bases are purines adenine and
Guanine
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What bases are pyrimidines cytosine and
Thymine
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What had 2 nitrogen ring structures
Purines
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What had single carbon ring structure
Pyrimidine
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How many carbons in deoxyribose
5
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What charge is phosphate group
Negative
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What process makes polynucleotides
Condensation
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What bond is formed between polynucleotides
Phosphodiester
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Base pairing only takes place if chain are
Antiparallel
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Phosphate is know as ‘_____ prime
Five
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Sugar end is known as ‘_____ prime end
Three
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What pairs with adenine
Thymine
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What pairs with guanine
Cytosine
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When chain forms it spontaneously twists into a double
Helix
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How many bases per turn
Ten
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What is tangled loop called in prokaryotic cells
Nucleoid
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DNA is found in nucleus chloroplasts and
Mitrochondria
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What DNA is prokaryotic
Circular
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Prokaryotic DNA doesn’t have
Introns
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Prokaryotic DNA is
Short
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Tiny loops of DNA
Plasmids
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Eukaryotic DNA is
Linear
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Eukaryotic DNA is associated with ________\ it is organised in chromosomes
Histones
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