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The two strands are ________ to one another.
AATGCGGTCCTAT
TTACGCCAGGATA

3-->5
5<--3

A ribonucleic acid involved in protein synthesis.

contains a phosphate group in an ester linkage to a ribose sugar and a nitrogenous base.

A common intracellular signaling molecule.

Most eukaryotic mRNA codes for a single polypeptide and is ____________.

What two complementary strands of DNA spontaneously do to form an intact duplex.

thymidylate is a nucleotide found primarily in ________ acids

A common protein domain found in proteins that bind ATP

A major structural component of the protein synthetic machinery of cells.

Covalent bonds that link the individual nucleotide residues in DNA and RNA

Structure containing polypurine tracts are mirror repeats; forms a triple helix

Left-handed double helical structure

Right handed; Watson-Crick double helix

Short polymers of nucleotides (50 or less), often used as complementary DNA "probes" for hybridization techniques.

AACCTTTTCCAA
TTGGAAAAGGTT

DNA duplex formed from DNA of different species

Non-Watson-Crick or __________ pairing; allows formation of triplex DNA strands.

Hydrogen peroxide; a byproduct of aerobic metabolism, is a common cause of these in DNA

Carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosomes

Contains a purine attached to a phosphorylated ribose; the base was first isolated from bird manure

Dehydrated, compact form of DNA

A major pyrimidine; has a methyl group at C-5

Describes mRNA that is translated into more than one protein

Determined for a solution of DNA by measuring UV light absorption as a function of temperature.

Uracil is a nitrogenous base found predominately in ___________ acids.

AACCAATTGGTT
TTGGTTAACCAA

The increase in UV light absorption when double-stranded DNA is denatured is referred to as the __________________ effect.

A major pyrimidine; has an amino group at C-4

Uracil attached through N-1 to ribose

Purine or pyrimidine base covalently bound to furanse through an N-B-glycosidic bond.