Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

see Biology, 5th edition, by Campbell, Reece and Mitchell, Chapters 5 and 16


What is the Principle of Macromolecular Organisation?

How are biomolecules constructed?

What are the functions of nucleotides?

What is the composition of a nucleotide?

What are the made up of?

What is the monomer structure of a nucleotide?

How many different types of bases are found in nucleotides?

What are the chemical species?

How many of each type are commonly found?
What are their names and structures?

Which are found in DNA and which in RNA?

Which stimulants in tea and coffee have a similar structure?

What are the carbohydrate residues in nucleotides?

Which carbohydrate occurs in DNA and which in RNA?

What is the difference between a nucleoside and a nucleotide?

What is the bond called that links the carbohydrate to the base?

How many phosphate groups are commonly found in nucleotides?

What is the chemical bond between the carbohydrate and phosphate?

What is the chemical bond between phosphates?

What are the functions of nucleotides?

What are the functions of nucleosides and nucleotides?

What is the evidence that DNA is the genetic material?

What is the structure of DNA?
How are the nucleotides linked together in nucleic acids?
What is the basic structure of DNA?

Who were awarded the Nobel Prize for solving the structure of DNA?

What were the two great insights that solved the structure?

What is the Principle of Macromolecular Structure applied to DNA?

What is the tertiary structure of DNA?
How is DNA packaged inside cells?

What are the two related functions of DNA?

What are the differences between DNA and RNA?

What are the different types of RNA?

What are the functions of the different types of RNA?


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