Topic 3: Nucleic Acids Vocab Practice

DNA & RNA polymer & monomers

Nucleotides are responsible for:

DNA Strand

What shape is DNA?

What does DNA and protein form?

What are the 3 components of a nucleotide?

What are the 2 sugars found in nucleotides?

What does purine mean?

What does pyrimidine mean?

Phosphoester bond

Phosphodiester bond

Phosphates and sugar molecules form:

How do you indicate directionality? (5'-TACG-3')

AT/GC rule:

Major Groove

Minor Groove

How many nucleotides make up a DNA strand?