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nucleotide
subunit of nucleic acid, three parts: five carbon sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
deoxyribose
five carbon sugar in dna nucleotide
nitrogenous base
conatins nitrogen and carbon atoms and is a base (accepts hydrogen ions
what kind of bonds exist between the nitrogenous bases of each side of the helix?
hydrogen (base pairing comes into play)
purine
nitrogenous bases that have a double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms ie adenine and guanine
pyrimidine
nitrogenous bases witha single ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms ie cytosine and thymine
base pairing
bases pair in a pattern, discovered by observations by chargaff
complementary base paring
base pairs, adenine/thymine, cytosine/guanine
base sequence
the order of nitrogenous bases in a chain of dna
Author
xodorkydancerox
ID
9515
Card Set
biology
Description
dna structure
Updated
2010-03-08T00:10:53Z
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