NUCLEIC ACIDS Flashcards
DNA and RNA
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| 925291800 | RNA | Ribonucleic acid is a single stranded nucleic acid with nucleotides cytosine, glutamine, adenine and uracil. Ribose is the sugar in RNA. RNA is used by organisms for protein synthesis. |  | 0 |
| 925291801 | DNA | Deoxynucleic acid is a double stranded nucleic acid with nucleiotides cytosine, glutamine, adenine and thymine. Deoxyribose is the sugar in DNA. DNA carries the genetic information for all life forms. |  | 1 |
| 3361591456 | WATSON AND CRICK | Scientists that developed double helix model of DNA. |  | 2 |
| 3361596782 | GUANINE | Component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells; pairs with cytosine. |  | 3 |
| 3361600980 | CYTOSINE | Type of nitrogen base, abbreviated as C and paired with G. |  | 4 |
| 3361613442 | ADENINE | A component of nucleic acids, energy-carrying molecules such as ATP, and certain coenzymes. Symbol is A and pairs with T. |  | 5 |
| 3361619326 | THYMINE | A component of nucleic acid that carries hereditary information in DNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base. |  | 6 |
| 3361626525 | URACIL | Nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; its symbol is U. | | 7 |
| 3361631985 | NUCLEOTIDE | Monomer of nucleic acids made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base |  | 8 |
| 3361638719 | GENOME | All genetic information in an organism; all of an organism's chromosomes. |  | 9 |