DNA

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What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucelic acid
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What does RNA stand for?
Ribonucleic acids
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What type of cell is present almost always in DNA?
Eukaryotic
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This is found in three different forms
RNA
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RNA is needed to read information. What is the other function?
Translation
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What is a single nucleotide made out of? (P......)
Phosphate
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What type of reaction occurs for the bonds between the phosphate, five-carbon sugar and the organic base?
Condensation
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N.... are monomers of nucleic acids
Nucleotides
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What type of base is involved in the formation of a nucleotide?
Nitrogenous
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What type of bond are the three subunits of a nucleotide joined by?
Covalent
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The phosphate group in all nuclei acids is always the...
same
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What does the base A stand for?
Adenine
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What does the base G stand for?
Guanine
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What does the base T stand for?
Thymine
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What does the base U stand for?
Uracil
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What does the base C stand for?
Cytosine
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A condensation reaction between the phosphate group of one nucleotide and the ....group of another nucleotide joins them together
Sugar
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What is the repeating sugar-phosphate chain called?
Sugar-phosphate backbone
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Chains of nucleotides bonded together are called what?
Nucleic acids
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What bases project from the sugar-phosphate backbone?
Organic bases
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