nucleic acids and DNA structure

• What are the two base pairs?

  Adenine(A) and Thymine(T)

  Guamine(G) and Cytosine(C)
• 3 bases code for an amino acid, these are held together by hydrogen bonds
• Condensation reactions join the base, phosphate and sugar to form a nucleotide
• Mononucleotide


  Single
• Dinucleotide


  Double
• Polynucleotide


  Many
• What bond links nucleotides together in a strand?

  Phosphodiester bonds