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Outline DNA nucleotide structure in terms of sugar (deoxyribose), base and phosphate.
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poshpate attached to sugar attached to base
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State the names of the four bases in DNA.
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Adenine
Guanine Cytosine Thymine |
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How are DNA nucleotides
linked together? |
By covalent bonds
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How is a DNA double helix
formed? |
By complementary base
pairing and hydrogen bonds. |
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Draw and label a simple diagram of the molecular structure of DNA.
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Show the complementary base pairs of A–T and G–C, held together by hydrogen bonds and the sugar–phosphate backbones. The number of hydrogen bonds between pairs and details of purine/pyrimidines are not required.
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Explain DNA replication
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Unwinding of the double helix
Separation of the strands by helicase, Formation of the new complementary strands by DNA polymerase. |
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DNA replication is conservative or semi-conservative?
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Semi-conservative
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