Nucleic Acids

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Which two types of nucleic acids are chemically distinct?

Deoxyribonucleotides (dAMP, dGMP, dCMP, dTMP) and ribonucleotides

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and nucleotides

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) and nucleotides

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) (correct)

Who first described the structure of DNA?

Linus Pauling

Rosalind Franklin

Gregor Mendel

James Watson and Francis Crick (correct)

What type of bonds join the deoxyribonucleotides in DNA?

Phosphodiester bonds (correct)

Covalent bonds

Ionic bonds

Hydrogen bonds

What forms the backbone of the DNA strand?

Phosphate and sugar Signup and view all the answers

In what direction do the two complementary strands of DNA double helix run?

Antiparallel Signup and view all the answers

What are nucleic acids required for?

Storage and expression of genetic information Signup and view all the answers

What are the two chemically distinct types of nucleic acids?

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) Signup and view all the answers

Which scientists first described the structure of DNA?

James Watson and Francis Crick Signup and view all the answers

What type of bonds join the deoxyribonucleotides in DNA?

Phosphodiester bonds Signup and view all the answers

In what direction do the two complementary strands of DNA double helix run?

Antiparallel Signup and view all the answers

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Which two types of nucleic acids are chemically distinct?

Who first described the structure of DNA?

What type of bonds join the deoxyribonucleotides in DNA?

What forms the backbone of the DNA strand?

In what direction do the two complementary strands of DNA double helix run?

What are nucleic acids required for?

What are the two chemically distinct types of nucleic acids?

Which scientists first described the structure of DNA?

What type of bonds join the deoxyribonucleotides in DNA?

In what direction do the two complementary strands of DNA double helix run?

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