Molecular structure of DNA

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The numbering of nucleic acids starts where?
3oclock
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The major difference between DNA and RNA is in the sugars:
H on C2 for DNA and OH on C2 on RNA
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When forming the DNA backbone, the phosphate is linked to which carbons on the sugars?
5 and 3
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The bonds of the sugar phosphate backbone of DNA are called
Phosphodiester
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The 3' end of DNA terminates with _____
-OH
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The 5' end of DNA terminates with _______
Phosphate group
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The first essentially correct structure of DNA was proposed in 1953 by
James Watson and Francis Crick
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The B form of DNA is _______ handed
Right
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____________ is any difference in DNA, no matter how detected, whose pattern of transmission from generation to generation can be tracked
A genetic marker
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Genetic markers are detected by analysis of the DNA and are often called
DNA markers
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Bases with a double ring structure are
Purines
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Bases with a single ring structure are
Pyrimidines
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Purine bases (double) are
A and G
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Pyrimidine (single) bases are
T and C
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A base and sugar is a
Nucleoside
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A base, sugar and phosphate is
Nucleotide
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From Chargraff's rules: the amount of adenine equals that of _________
Thymine
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From Chargraff's rules: the amount of guanine equals that of _______
Cytosine
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From Chargraff's rules: the amount of purine bases equals that of ________
Pyrimidine bases
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In each chain of B form DNA, there is a complete turn every ______
34Å
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The bases are spaced at _________ in B form DNA
3.4Å
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The bases stack closely to exclude the maximum amount of water possible (they're hydrophobic) this is known as
Base stacking
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When the strands of DNA twist to the left, what form of DNA is this?
Z form
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Depending on conditions, DNA can form more than ___ slightly different variants of right handed helices
20
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What is responsible for the UV absorption in DNA
Delocalised electrons
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G DNA has how many strands?
4
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G DNA is due to the in guanine rich regions of DNA
Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding
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A DNA is similar to ____ DNA, although it has slightly more compact helices
B
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The major difference between DNA and RNA is in the sugars:

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H on C2 for DNA and OH on C2 on RNA

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When forming the DNA backbone, the phosphate is linked to which carbons on the sugars?

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The bonds of the sugar phosphate backbone of DNA are called

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The 3' end of DNA terminates with _____

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