Nucleic Acids Flashcards
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monomers of nucleic acids
nucleotide
nucleotides made up of
phosphate group,
sugar,
nitrogenous base
charge of phosphate group in nucleotides
negative
sugar in nucleotides
5 carbons, deoxyribose and ribose (dna and rna)
nitrogenous bases (2)
pyramidines or purines
purine
larger, A & G
pyramidine
smaller, C, U, T
dna bases
ACGT
Rna bases
ACGU
what is the base connected to; bond name
1st carbon; n glycosidic bond
base + sugar
nucleoside
3 non-genetic functions of nucleotides
carry energy, coenzymes, signaling
chemical energy nucleotides carry
ATP
H used to think what held genetic info and why
protein (20 amino acids vs dna 4 nucleotides
H who used mice and bacteria, what kind
griffith; pneumonia
H griffith used which strain on the first mouse, outcome
S STRAIN of S pneumoniae, dies
H, griffith, which strain has a sugar capsule and is it deadly
S strain & is deadly
H griffith used this strain on 2nd mouse and outcome
R strain, lived
H, griffith, third mouse
s strain heated, mouse lived
H, griffith last mice
injected r and heated s strains and mouse died, extracted s from dead mouse and injected into new one & mouse died
H, Griffith importance of study
realized something (genetic information) was being passed from cell to cell
H 2nd group of people
avery and mcleod
H what did avery and mcleod do
broke open capsules and separated biological parts
H what did avery and mcleod use (tool) to separate
column