Chapter 17

What are the names and abbreviations of the four nucleotides in DNA?

What are the names and abbreviations of the four nucleotides in RNA?

Identify each of the following as a nucleoside or nucleotide: a. adenosine b. deoxycytidine c. uridine d. cytidine- $5^{\prime }$ -monophosphate

Identify each of the following as a nucleoside or nucleotide: a. deoxythymidine b. guanosine c. deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate d. uridine- $5^{\prime }$ -monophosphate

How are the nucleotides held together in a nucleic acid polymer?

How are the two strands of nucleic acid in DNA held together?

Complete the base sequence in a complementary DNA segment if a portion of the parent strand has each of the following base sequences: a. $-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-$ b. $-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-$ c. $-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-$ d. $-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-$

Complete the base sequence in a complementary DNA segment if a portion of the parent strand has each of the following base sequences: a. $-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-$ b. $-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-$ c. $-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{A}-$ d. $-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-$

What are the three different types of RNA?

Write the segment of mRNA produced from the following section of a DNA template strand: $-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{C}-$