L.E. Bio. Theme 2 Nucleic Acids
Nucleic Acids Largest Organic polymers Made of long chains of Nucleotides ( the “Building Blocks” of Nucleic acids) Ex. DNA & RNA DNA - deoxyribosenucleic acid = all of your heredity material. RNA - ribosenucleic acid – “reads DNA
Nucleotide Structure Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides. Sugar in DNA - deoxyribose Sugar in RNA - ribose
DNA Structure DNA Deoxyribose sugar Bases. AdenineThymine Guanine Cytosine Double stranded with base pairing Double Helex
DNA is double-stranded, with complementary base pairing.
RNA Structure RNA Ribose sugar Bases. AdenineUracil Guanine Cytosine Double stranded with base pairing No Helex
Lab-AIDS #71 DNA and Replication Materials Needed: Nitrogen Bases 8 – Adenine (Orange Tube) 8 – Thymine (Green Tube) 8 – Guanine (Yellow Tube) 8 – Cytosine (Blue Tube) Deoxyribose Sugar 32 – Black Pentagons w/3Bonds Phosphate Group 28 – White Tubes Hydrogen Bonds 16 – Small White Rods
DNA Replication Short
Journey into DNA Journey into DNA DNA Replication
DNA replication (basic detail)
DNA - The Double Helix challange
Protien Synthesis