DNA

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What are the monomers for DNA?
Nucleotides
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What is a nucleotide made out of?
A Phosphate group, a Sugar and a Base
3
T/F DNA is made up of a single strand
False, its made out of 2 strands
4
What are the 4 bases?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
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5
How do nucleotides bond?
The phosphate bonds with the sugar of the next nucleotide
6
What is a long chain of nucleotides called?
A sugar-phosphate backbone
7
What are the complementaty bases?
A&T, C&G
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What is a gene?
A particular sequence of bases which codes for a protein
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What do triplets do?
codes for a specific amino acid
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why can only certain protiens carry out of specifc function?
They have unique shaps caused by differnt sequences of amino acids
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What are the main uses of protiens?
-Enzymes
-Hormones
-Structural proteins (adds strengths to tissues)
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