Nucleic Acids
Structure
Bases
Pyrimidines
Purines
Physical Properties of the Bases
Nucleosides
Purine Nucleosides
Nucleotides
Adenylate
Nucleotides are Joined Together by Phosphodiester Linkages
DNA Structure
B DNA
DNA is a Huge Molecule
Packing Into Nucleosomes
“Beads on a String”
Further Packing - the Solenoid
Further Packing - the Loop
Further Packing - the Miniband
Furthest Packing - the Chromosome
Packing of a Circular Prokaryotic Chromosome
Other Forms of DNA Exist
Physical and Chemical Properties of DNA
RNA Structure
tRNA Structure
mRNA Structure
rRNA Structure
Physical and Chemical Properties of RNA
DNA Sequencing
Sticky Ends - Fig 7.28
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