AP Biology

The study of the molecular basis of genes and gene expression; molecular genetics

A virus that infects bacteria; also called a phage

An organic monomer consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group. ------s are the building blocks of nucleic acids.

A polymer made up of many nucleotides covalently bonded together

The alternating chain of and phosphate to which the DNA and RNA nitrogenous bases are attached