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What are the two main classes of nucleic acids?
What are the two main classes of nucleic acids?
- Purines and pyrimidines
- Thymine and cytosine
- Adenine and guanine
- Ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (correct)
What does DNA encode?
What does DNA encode?
- A mixture of organic bases
- An organism’s entire hereditary information (correct)
- The synthesis of all proteins
- The growth and division of cells
What is the main information-carrying molecule of the cell?
What is the main information-carrying molecule of the cell?
- Phosphoric acid
- Proteins
- Nucleic acids (correct)
- Sugars
Which type of sugar is present in RNA?
Which type of sugar is present in RNA?
What determines the inherited characteristics of every living thing?
What determines the inherited characteristics of every living thing?
What links the sugars in both RNA and DNA?
What links the sugars in both RNA and DNA?
What is the name of a compound containing a base bonded to D-ribose or to 2-deoxy-D-ribose?
What is the name of a compound containing a base bonded to D-ribose or to 2-deoxy-D-ribose?
In which type of linkage are the purines and pyrimidines bonded to the anomeric carbon of the furanose ring?
In which type of linkage are the purines and pyrimidines bonded to the anomeric carbon of the furanose ring?
What is the name of a nucleoside with either the 5- or 3- -OH group bonded in an ester linkage to phosphoric acid?
What is the name of a nucleoside with either the 5- or 3- -OH group bonded in an ester linkage to phosphoric acid?
What do the rules of base pairing state about the pairing of thymine (T) and guanine (G)?
What do the rules of base pairing state about the pairing of thymine (T) and guanine (G)?
What type of bonds are formed between adenine (A) and thymine (T), and between cytosine (C) and guanine (G)?
What type of bonds are formed between adenine (A) and thymine (T), and between cytosine (C) and guanine (G)?
Which type of acid can form an anhydride, allowing nucleotides to exist as monophosphates, diphosphates, and triphosphates?
Which type of acid can form an anhydride, allowing nucleotides to exist as monophosphates, diphosphates, and triphosphates?
What type of bonds join the 3´-OH group of one nucleotide to the 5´-OH group of the next nucleotide in nucleic acids?
What type of bonds join the 3´-OH group of one nucleotide to the 5´-OH group of the next nucleotide in nucleic acids?
