BSC-2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Peptide, Nitrogenous Base, Transfer Rna

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Gene discrete unit of inheritance; consists of dna. Nucleic acids polymers made of monomers called nucleotides. The are two types of nucleic acids, deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) and ribonucleic acid (rna) They both enable living organisms to reproduce their complex components from one generation to the next. Dna is unique because of its gene expression. It directs rna synthesis, and therefore, controls protein synthesis. Dna is the genetic material that organisms inherit form their parents. Each chromosome contains one long dna molecule composed up of several hundred genes (or more) Encoded in the structure of dna is the information that programs all the cell"s activities. Figure 5. 23: gene expression; dna > rna > protein. Nucleic acids are macromolecules that exists as polymers called polynucleotides. A nucleotide is composed of three parts: (1) a ve-carbon sugar - a pentose (2) a nitrogen-containing base - a nitrogenous base (3) one or more phosphate groups.

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