Nucleic Acids — Overview & Importance in Biology
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- What Are Nucleic Acids? Nucleic acids are macromolecules that store and transmit hereditary information (like your genes). They are composed of monomers called nucleotides. A ch…
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- Nucleic Acids and Nucleotides Nucleic acids are used to store and transmit the genetic code. We care about two types of them: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (R…
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- DNA and RNA Nucleic acids are macromolecules in our bodies that are primarily responsible for heredity and information storage. They were first discovered by Friedrich Miescher,…
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- (Video) Nucleic Acids by RicochetScience This video explains the role of nucleic acids in the storage of genetic information and protein synthesis in all living things.
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Problems 26
- What are nucleic acids made of?
- Which set of characteristics correctly describes nucleic acids?
- Many thousands of nucleotides bond together in chains to form your DNA. Each nucleotide has 3 parts, as shown in the image above. Which of the choices below is not one of these …
- Which of the choices below best describes the main function of nucleic acids?
- Which of the choices above displays a nucleic acid?
- What type of bonds join nucleotides?
- What is one difference between ribonucleotides and deoxyribonucleotides?
- Which type(s) of nucleic acid functions primarily to carry genetic information? Check all that apply.
- Nucleic acids do not contain which of the following elements?
- Which of the following options is not found in a nucleotide?
- Which of the following options is a function of nucleic acids?
- Fill in the blank: Monosaccharide is to carbohydrate, as _____________ is to nucleic acid.
- Which of the following statements about nucleic acids are true?
- Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), shown above, is a nucleic acid used as a source of energy. Which of the following options is the sugar in ATP?
- Which of the following options is not part of a nucleotide?
- What type of sugar is found in nucleotides?
- When nucleotides polymerize to nucleic acids, what makes up the "backbone" of the polymer?
- What does ribose refer to?
- Which of the following options do not contain nucleotides?
- Carefully examine the nucleotide above. Which of the following options correctly identifies each of the numbered parts?
- Which is not a component of DNA?
- Nucleobases bond to each other within DNA through hydrogen bonding. As a reminder, hydrogen bonds are formed between an oxygen or nitrogen on one molecule and a hydrogen which i…
- Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine are the four nucleotides used in DNA. RNA uses three of these nucleotides, but swaps one of them for uracil, shown above. Based on the st…
- Nitrogenous bases are held to other nitrogenous bases by hydrogenbonding‾\underline{\phantom{hydrogen bonding}}hydrogenbonding
- Nucleic acids are found in which of the following?
- DNA is held together by adenine-thymine pairs, and guanine-cytosine pairs through hydrogen bonding. Based on their hydrogen bonding capabilities, would a DNA strand composed sol…