DNA Vocabulary
DNA stands for
What is Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid ?
Sugar + Phosphate+ Nitrogen Base
What are NUCLEOTIDES?
Nitrogen Base with 2 rings
What are purines ?
sets of 3 letters
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine
What are the four nitrogen bases?
Genetic material/info
What is DNA?
Nitrogen base with 1 ring
What are pyramidines?
ATC=TAG
What is a complementary DNA Sequence?
Subunits of Nucleic Acid
What are Nucleotides?
Bonds found between nitrogen base pairs?
What is hydrogen bonds?
TAG=_______
What is ATC?
Sides/backbone of a ladder
What is sugar and phosphate?
THESE TYPE OF BONDS ARE FOUND BETWEEN A SUGAR AND PHOSPHATE
COVALENT BONDS
pairs with Adenine?
What is thymine?
Double helix is known as a __________ _____________
What is a twisted ladder?
steps of a ladder
What are nitrogen bases?
Shape of DNA
What is a double helix?
pairs with cytosine?
What is Guanine?
Most important part of DNA ladder?
what is the steps/nitrogen bases?