Nucleic Acids
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DNA is the single most important molecule found within cells. It is a stable polynucleotide, which contains coded information for inherited characteristics. It is contained in chromosomes in the nucleus of an eukaryot cell. The essential features of the Watson-Crick model are summarised below.
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.... the double helix contains about 10 base pairs.
4. The amount of guanine is usually equal to that of cytosine.
The monomers of RNA and DNA are called nucleotides. Each nucleotide has three parts:
A Five Carbon or Pentose Sugar
The sugar will be one of two very similar pentose rings. Ribo contain the sugar ribose. Deoxyribo contain the sugar deoxyribose. The only difference between these two sugars is that deoxyribose contains one oxygen atom less than ribose. Pentose sugars are essential becau ....
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