1. Describe the properties of DNA and the steps involved in the synthesis of proteins from DNA.
Deoxyribose nucleic acid is the fundamental hereditary genetic material present in all cells of an organism, and is essentially the “instructions” that the cell must follow for adequate growth, reproduction and protien function (1). The structure a DNA molecule is described as “helical”, composed of a sugar (deoxyribose), a negatively changed phosphate group and four types of small nucleotide bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T) (2). The most important role of this double helix structure of DNA is to facilitate adequate replication (3). Segments of DNA that encode for one’s genetic blueprint are called genes, and are biologically
Deoxyribose nucleic acid is the fundamental hereditary genetic material present in all cells of an organism, and is essentially the “instructions” that the cell must follow for adequate growth, reproduction and protien function (1). The structure a DNA molecule is described as “helical”, composed of a sugar (deoxyribose), a negatively changed phosphate group and four types of small nucleotide bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T) (2). The most important role of this double helix structure of DNA is to facilitate adequate replication (3). Segments of DNA that encode for one’s genetic blueprint are called genes, and are biologically