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Bio Definitions 4.1
Textbook Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nucleic Acid | Macromolecule composed of nucleotide monomers, store & transfer hereditary information, includes DNA & RNA |
| Nucleotides | Molecule w/ a five-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), w/ one or more phosphate groups, & one of several nitrogen-containing bases, is comparable w/ nucleoside, but with one or more phosphate groups |
| Purines | Class of double-ringed nitrogenous bases (A, G), found in nucleotides |
| Pyrimidines | Class of single-ringed nitrogenous bases (C, U, T), found in nucleotides |
| Phosphodiester Linkage | Chemical link b/tw adjacent nucleotide residues in DNA & RNA, forms when a phosphate group of a nucleotide condenses w/ the hydroxyl group on the sugar of a different nucleotide, phosphodiester bond |
| Ribonucleotides | Monomers of ribonucleic acid (RNA), ribose |
| Deoxy | Lacking oxygen |
| Deoxyribonucleotides | Monomers of deoxyribonucleic acid (RNA), deoxyribose |