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Vocab 10.2
Terms for chapter 10 section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nucleotide | in a nucleic-acid chain, a substance that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base |
| deoxyribose | a five-carbon sugar that is a component of DNA nucleotides |
| nitrogen base | an organic base that contains nitrogen, such as a purine or pyrimidine; a subunit of a nucleotide in DNA and RNA |
| purine | a nitrogenous base that has a double-ring structure; one of the two general categories of nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA; either adenine or guanine |
| pyrimidine | a nitrogenous base that has a single-ring stricture; one of the two general categories of nitrogenous bases found and DNA and RNA; thymine, cytosine, or uracil |
| base-pairing rules | the rules stating that cytosine pairs with guanine and adenine pairs with thymine in DNA, and that adenine pairs with uracil in RNA |
| complementary base pair | the nucleotide bases in one strand of DNA or RNA that are pairded with those of of another strand; adenione pairs with thymine or uracil, and guanine pairs with cytosine |
| base sequence | the order of nitrogenous bases on a chain of DNA |