Nucleic Acids Super Clutch Flashcards

Like proteins and carbohydrates, nucleic acids are ___

Each nucleotide has three
parts:

they are cyclic compounds with at least one
nitrogen atom in the ring structure

The five-carbon sugar in RNA is

the sugar in DNA is

A molecule composed of either ribose or deoxyribose and one of the five nitrogenous bases
found in DNA and/or RNA is called a

There are two types of nitrogenous bases:

Purines

Pyramidine

are the building blocks of nucleic acids; they are the monomers of the DNA and RNA
polymers

A nucleotide with the sugar ribose is a

a nucleotide having the sugar 2’-deoxyribose is a

The covalent bond between the sugar and the phosphoryl group is a

plays an essential role as a source of
biochemical energy, which is released during its conversion to adenosine diphosphate (ADP).

 A single strand of DNA is a polymer of nucleotides bonded to one another b___

One noncovalent attraction that helps maintain the double helix structure is ______

are pieces of DNA that carry the genetic instructions, or genes, of an organism

The complete set of genetic information in all the chromosomes of an organism is called the

are organisms with a simple cellular structure in which there is no true nucleus
surrounded by a nuclear membrane and there are no true membrane bound organelles

are organisms that have cells containing a true nucleus enclosed by a nuclear
membrane

Adder’s Tongue fern have ___ chromosomes

The first level of structure of a chromosome is the

Incubation of DNA at pH3
causes selective removal of the purine bases, resulting in a derivative called

The higher the G + C content of a DNA molecule,

-Discovered by Watson and Crick, is right-handed (natural DNA) and consists of 10 bps per
turn of the helix.
- most stable dna structure

This form is favored in many solutions that are relatively devoid of water or when DNA is
partially dehydrated. The DNA is still arranged in a right-handed double helix, but the helix is
wider and the number of base pairs per helical turn is 11

his form is a more radical departure from the B structure; the most obvious distinction is
the left-handed helical rotation. There are 12 base pairs per helical turn

is a word, phrase, or
sentence that is spelled identically read either forward or backward;

When the inverted repeat occurs within each individual strand of the DNA, sequence is
called a

When only a single DNA (or RNA) strand is involved, the structure is called

When both strands of a duplex DNA are involved, it is called a

As the DNA is heated and the strands separate, the wavelength of absorption does not change, but the
amount of light absorbed increases This effect is called