Dna Flashcards
How many types of nucleotides are there?
There are two purines and pyrimidines.
Where is the double helix found?
The double helix structure is found in the nucleus.
What are the two types of nucleotides?
Purines and pyridines
What are purines?
Purines have a two ring structure
What are pyrimidines?
Pyrimidines are a 1 ring structure.
How are purines and pyrimidines bonded?
Purines hydrogen bond with pyrimidines
What is adenine?
Adenine is a purine.
What is thymine?
Thymine is a pyrimidine
What is guanine?
Guanine is a purine.
What is cytosine?
Cytosine is a pyrimidine
Is a nucleotide a polymer?
Are nucleic acids monomers?
Nucleotides are monomers, nucleic acids are polymers.
What holds them together?
They are held together by a deoxyribose backbone.
What do hydrogen bonds with?
Nucleotides hydrogen bond with its base pair but do not bind with its neighboring nucleotide. The deoxyribose backbone holds them to one another.
What nucleotides bond together?
Adenine and thymine
Cytosine and guanine
What is the relationship between the nucleotides to one another?
DNA is complementary.