Problem 5
What are the names and abbreviations of the four nucleotides in DNA?
Problem 6
What are the names and abbreviations of the four nucleotides in RNA?
Problem 7
Identify each of the following as a nucleoside or nucleotide: a. adenosine b. deoxycytidine c. uridine d. cytidine- \(5^{\prime}\) -monophosphate
Problem 8
Identify each of the following as a nucleoside or nucleotide: a. deoxythymidine b. guanosine c. deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate d. uridine- \(5^{\prime}\) -monophosphate
Problem 11
How are the nucleotides held together in a nucleic acid polymer?
Problem 15
How are the two strands of nucleic acid in DNA held together?
Problem 17
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. \(-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\)
Problem 18
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. \(-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\)
Problem 19
What are the three different types of RNA?
Problem 23
Write the segment of mRNA produced from the following section of a DNA template strand: \(-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{G}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{T}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{C}-\)
