Cards (10)

  • what are nucleic acids
    polymers of nucleotides
  • what are the three sections of a nucleotide
    phosphate group , pentose sugar and a nitrogenous base
  • what are the two types of nitrogenous base
    purines and pyrimidines
  • what is a purine base
    double ring base
  • which bases are purine bases
    Adenine and Guanine
  • What is a pyrimidine base ?
    single ring base
  • which bases are pyrimidine bases
    uracil , thymine and cytosine
  • What is Chargaff's rule?
    DNA should have a 1:1 ratio(G=C, A=T)
  • What does a pyrimidine look like?
  • what does a purine look like