Biochem Exam - Chapter 8 - Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids

What are the structure and chemistry of nitrogenous bases? Pyrimidines ________ (DNA, RNA) _____ (RNA) ________ (DNA) Purines ________ (DNA, RNA) ________ (DNA, RNA)

cytosine, uracil, thymine, adenine, guanine

Nucleoside ________________ base ______ose (sugar ring)

nitrogenous, pentose

Nucleotide ________________ base ______ose ______phate

nitrogenous, pentose, phosphate

Nucleobase ________________ base

nitrogenous

Information encoded in a DNA molecule is transcribed via ________ of an RNA molecule. The sequence of the RNA molecule is "______" and is translated into the sequence of _______ ______ in a protein

synthesis, read, amino acids