Nucleic Acid
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DNA
stores genetic information
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deoxyribose
sugar that makes up DNA
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ribose
sugar that makes up RNA
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covalent bonds/phosphodiester bonds
Links nucleotides together
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single, unbranched polymer of nucleotides
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complementary base pairing
only certain bases pair together
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antiparallel nature of DNA
two strands of DNA run parallel to each other but in opposite directions
one strand ends with a phosphate group while the other ends with a deoxyribose
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Semiconservative repliction
the feature of DNA that it allows new strands to be made that each half a parent strand
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A and G
Purine bases
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C and T
Pyramide bases
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A-T
2 bonds between bases
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