Structure of DNA and RNA (2.6)
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Watson and Crick
James Watson (b.1928) & Francis Crick (1916-2004)
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Nitrogen Bases & Nucleic Acids
The purpose of Nucleic Acids is to store and communicate information within the cell.
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Nucleotides
Nucleic Acids are made up of monomers called nucleotides. One nucleotide has three parts
Nucleotides are bonded specificly to other nucleotides by hydrogen bonds.
In the diagram to the right, this DNA strand is made up of 8 nuclotides, 4 on each side bound by hydrogen bonds. |
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Structure of DNA
The Double Helix.
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