Nucleic acids

• What are the two types of nucleic acids

  DNA and RNA
• What bond binds nucleic bases

  Hydrogen
• What bond binds base to the sugar

  Glycosilic
• What bond binds phosphate to sugar

  Phosphodiester
• What bond is between adjacent bases

  Van Der Waals'
• What makes up a nucleotide.

  Bases, Ribose sugar, phosphate.
• What bases are in DNA

  Cytosine, Guanine, Adenine, Thyme
• What bases are in RNA

  Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine, Uracil
• What are the purine bases


  Guanine and Adenine
• What are the pyrimidine bases


  Uracil, Thymine, Cytosine.
• Write the base bond pairs


  G --- C

  A -- T
• Which direction does DNA grow in

  5 ' to 3 '.
• Which direction is the reverse compliment

  5 ' to 3 '
• Which direction is the compliment strand

  3 ' to 5 '
• How many rings does a purine have

  2
• How many rings does a pyrimidine have

  1