Nucleic Acids

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Nucleic Acids: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Nitrogen Bases, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, Ribonucleic Acid, Messenger RNA, Ribosomal RNA, Transfer RNA, Structure of DNA, Purines, Pyrimidines, Watson-Crick Model of DNA, Nucleotide Formation, etc.

Important Questions on Nucleic Acids

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 1

Identify the scientists who proposed that DNA replication is semiconservative and the one who proved it experimentally:

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 2

Which of the following is the function of tRNA in a prokaryote?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 3

Which of the following represents the complementary pairs?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 4

In DNA helix, cytosine is paired with guanine by

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 5

What makes polynucleotide molecules acidic ?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 6

Is there phosphorus in DNA?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 7

Which molecules are present in DNA?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 8

Does DNA and RNA have phosphoric acid?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 9

Is phosphoric acid present in DNA?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 10

What are the 4 nucleosides ?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 11

What is nucleoside?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 12

Phosphate is the backbone of the DNA.

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 13

How does the phosphodiester bonds are formed?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 14

What is the acid in DNA?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 15

What is the role of phosphoric acid?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 16

What does phosphate do in DNA?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 17

How nucleosides are formed?

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 18

Describe the structure of pentose sugar in DNA.

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 19

The pentose sugar in DNA is called _____.

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Biology>Chemical Constituents of Living Cell>Nucleic Acids> Q 20

The pyrimidine base that is found in RNA only is _____.