Nucleic acids

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Biology

Biochemistry

12th

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monomer
nucleotide, made of a nitrogenous base, phosphate group, and a 5 carbon sugar
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
A double-stranded nucleic acid, contains both phosphodiester bonds and hydrogen bonds
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ribonucleic acid (RNA)
single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose, only contains phosphodiester bonds
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bond
phosphodiester bond (between the phosphate group of a nucleotide and hydroxyl group of a sugar)
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polarity
polar
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reaction
anabolic condensation
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functional groups
phosphate, amino, carbonyl, hydroxyl