STRUCTURE OF DNA


DNA. What is it?

We’ll first look at the composition of DNA.  The building blocks are deoxynucleotides, each composed of a central deoxyribose, a nitrogenous base (purine (A, G) or pyrimidine (T, U, C)), and a phosphate. While in the nucleic acid, the sugar-phosphate bonds are calledphosphodiester bonds.


The structure of DNA is stuff pounded into your head in every biology class since freshman Biology.  right handed helix, double-stranded, anti-parallel.


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