DNA- The structure of DNA 12.2 pg 344-348

Base pairing

A-T and G-C nucleotides

DNA has four kinds of nitrogen bases

adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine

in DNA nucleotides can be joined in

any order

The double helix model explains Chargaffs rule of...

base pairing and how the two strands of DNA are held together

The nucleotides in DNA are joined by

covalent bonds

Nucleotides are made up of

deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base

Nucleotides are the building blocks of

nucleic acids

The building blocks of DNA are

nucleotides

DNA is a nucleic acid made up of...

nucleotides joined into long strands or chains by covalent bonds

Nucleic acids are made up of smaller

subunits, linked together to form long chains