Nucleic Acids
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What are the three parts of a nucleotide? | five carbon sugar, a hydrogen group, and a nitrogenous base |
| What does DNA stand for? | Deoxyrobose nucleic Acid |
| What is the monomer for NA's | nucleotides |
| The two classes of nitrogenous bases are | pyrimidines and purines |
| What are the characteristics of pyrimidines? | single ring they are Thymine and Cytosine |
| What are the characteristics of purines? | they have double rings and they have Adentine and Guanine |
| the "sides" of the DNA molecule are referred to as the | sugar phosphate backbone |
| What is phosphodiester linkage? | a covalent bond between nucleotides in a strand |
| What are the three types of RNA? | messenger, ribosomal, and transfer |
| What are the two types of sugars? | deoxyribose(DNA) and ribose(RNA) |
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