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What atoms are found in the Nucleic Acids?
Nucleic acids also typically contain phosphorous, and nitrogen plays an important structural role in nucleic acids and proteins. The proteins, being made up a diverse set of amino acids, have, in addition to carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, the elements sulfur and selenium.
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What atoms are found in the Nucleic Acids?
Nucleic acids also typically contain phosphorous, and nitrogen plays an important structural role in nucleic acids and proteins. The proteins, being m...
What is the monomer of Nucleic acids?
All nucleic acids are made up of the same building blocks (monomers). Chemists call the monomers 'nucleotides.' The five pieces are uracil, cytosine, ...
What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide?
Like DNA, RNA polymers are make up of chains of nucleotides. These nucleotides have three parts: 1) a five carbon ribose sugar, 2) a phosphate molecul...
What is the function of nucleic acids?
Nucleic acids are important because they make up genetic information in living things. There are two types of nucleic acid and they are DNA and RNA. D...
Give 2 examples of nucleic acids
There are five chief types of components in nucleic acids: cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil, and adenine. Whether the acid contains uracil or thymin...
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What atoms are found in the Nucleic Acids? | Nucleic acids also typically contain phosphorous, and nitrogen plays an important structural role in nucleic acids and proteins. The proteins, being made up a diverse set of amino acids, have, in addition to carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, the elements sulfur and selenium. |
What is the monomer of Nucleic acids? | All nucleic acids are made up of the same building blocks (monomers). Chemists call the monomers 'nucleotides.' The five pieces are uracil, cytosine, thymine, adenine, and guanine. No matter what science class you are in, you will always hear about ATCG when looking at DNA. |
What are the 3 parts of a nucleotide? | Like DNA, RNA polymers are make up of chains of nucleotides. These nucleotides have three parts: 1) a five carbon ribose sugar, 2) a phosphate molecule and 3) one of four nitrogenous bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine or uracil. |
What is the function of nucleic acids? | Nucleic acids are important because they make up genetic information in living things. There are two types of nucleic acid and they are DNA and RNA. DNA is the basic instructions for living things. It is passed down from parent to offspring and is found in the nucleus of the cell. |
Give 2 examples of nucleic acids | There are five chief types of components in nucleic acids: cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil, and adenine. Whether the acid contains uracil or thymine determines whether it is DNA (thymine) or RNA (uracil). Deoxyribonucleic acid, also known as DNA, is a well-known component in genetics. |