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DNA Structure

The basics of DNA structure are reviewed here.

AB
Nitrogenous bases of DNAadenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine
The sugar in DNAdeoxyribose
The type of bond that connects two nitrogenous baseshydrogen
The shape of DNAdouble helix
Developers of the double helix modelWatson and Crick
X-ray crystallographer whose work was not credited until 1968Rosalind Franklin
DNA base pairingsA-T; C-G
Discovered that A=T and C=GChargaff
Ran the lab where Franklin worked; shared Nobel Prize with W & CWilkins
The idea that one side of DNA is "upside down" when compared to the other sideantiparallel construction
The end of the DNA molecule that begins with a sugarThree prime
The end of the DNA molecule that begins with a phsophateFive prime


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