Experiment 8 : Introduction to Nucleic Acids

Objectives

1. To describe the structure of a nucleotide
2. To construct the structure of a polynucleotide chain
3. to differentiate the structures between RNA and DNA molecules

Puzzel DNA

Puzzel RNA

Question

1. What is nucleotide?

   Consist phosphate, pentose and base

2. Name the bases found in DNA and RNA

    DNA - Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine

    RNA - Adenine, Guanine, Uracil and Cytosine

3. How many hydrogen bonds are found adenine and thymine?

     two hydrogen bond

4. Compare the structure and functions between RNA and DNA molecule.


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