Chapter 4 Vocabulary nucleic acid sugar ribose ribonucleic acid RNA deoxyribose deoxyribonucleic acid DNA polymerization phosphodiester linkage sugar phosphate backbone 5 carbon 3 carbon nitrogenous base purine pyrimidine adenine thymine cytosine guanine uracil Watson and Crick double helix complementary base pairing major grove minor grove single stranded double stranded stem and loop hairpin ribozyme Ch04 Expectations have a working understanding of The meanings and use of words on Vocabulary list Basic structure of a nucleic acid with base ribose and phosphate s Purines and pyrimidines with AT AU in RNA and GC base pairs Features of DNA double helix including major minor groves and intercalation Features of RNA including stem loop hairpin structure and ribozymes Review the sample questions and the material at the end of the chapter
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