DNA is the common name for Deoxyribonucleic acid. This is made up of nucleic acids containing deoxyribose (sugar)‚ consisting of complex molecules‚ present in the chromosomes of all plant and animal cells‚ and carrying in coded form instructions for passing on hereditary characteristics. The DNA molecule takes the shape of a double helix‚ a simple structure that resembles gently twisted ladders. The rails of the ladder are made of pairs of nitrogen-containing nucleotides‚ which are subdivisions
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THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC MOLECULES I. MACROMOLECULES-large molecules that are composed of smaller molecules and atoms that are bonded together. These are among the largest of all chemical molecules. A. Polymers-the largest of the macromolecules. These are composed of numerous‚ small identical subunits known as Monomers. There are 4 major polymers that are important for living organisms. These polymers are; carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins and nucleic acids. B. Polymers
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and the discovery of DNA Ralf Dahm* Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology‚ Department 3 – Genetics‚ Spemannstr. 35/III‚ D-72076 Tubingen‚ Germany ¨ Received for publication 5 October 2004‚ revised 17 November 2004‚ accepted 20 November 2004 Available online 21 December 2004 Abstract Over the past 60 years‚ DNA has risen from being an obscure molecule with presumed accessory or structural functions inside the nucleus to the icon of modern bioscience. The story of DNA often seems to begin
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DNA Replication at the Biochemical Level 3 5 7 3 5 4 3 10 5 12 11 1 9 2 8 6 3 Overall direction of replication 5 (College‚ 2013‚ figure 6) 7 DNA Replication at the Biochemical Level (diagram key) 1. DNA 2. Replication fork. 3. Helicase‚ enzyme that unwinds the parent double helix. 4. Single-stranded binding proteins‚ stabilize the unwound parent DNA so they cannot reattach. 5. Leading strands‚ synthesized continuously in the 5’-3’ direction by DNA polymerase. 6. Lagging strands‚
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Harvard University Researchers Develop Cloaked DNA Devices for Medicine and Treatments By John Nassivera | Apr 29‚ 2014 05:20 PM EDT Researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biology Inspired Engineering have created a cloaked DNA nanodevice that can avoid defenses in the body’s immune system. The technology’s design was given inspiration from world viruses‚ according to Gizmag. The nanoscale device could be used for diagnosing
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Significant developments have been made in gene monitoring techniques specifically in DNA microarrays which only very recently revolutionized genome expression analysis (1). Despite continuous improvements and modification to the technique‚ DNA microarrays are still no more than a glass microscope slide studded with individual immobile nucleotide fragments (1‚ 2). The fundamentals of DNA microarrays are set on complementary base-pairing (3)‚ and because the exact sequence and position of every segment
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DNA Research Paper DNA Structure: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the code for life; it makes up the genetic material of living organisms. DNA is a long molecule made up of many subunits‚ or monomers‚ called nucleotides. Nucleotides are made up of three parts: a sugar‚ a phosphate group‚ and a nitrogenous base. Nucleotides contain a sugar-phosphate backbone and bases. There are four bases in DNA: adenine‚ cytosine‚ guanine‚ and thymine. A (adenine) always pairs with T (thymine)‚ and C (cytosine)
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DNA Worksheet Misanna Gordon SCI 230 December 02‚ 2012 Mitzie Sowell Associate Program Material DNA Worksheet Answer the following in at least 100 words: 1. Describe the structure of DNA. A DNA molecule which is abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid is made up of very long chains of monomers and polymers that are called nucleotides. These two chains in particular which composes of DNA strain are then formed by the grouping of the nucleotides into the polynucleotides. The
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M1: DNA • DNA - DNA are the chemical unit for genetic information in most organisms. - DNA are informational macromolecules that are used to store hereditary information that determines functional and structural characteristics of organisms. - In eukaryotes‚ the linear DNA is found primarily in the nucleus of cells. - In prokaryotes (e.g. bacteria)‚ there is one circular loop of double-stranded DNA in cytoplasm. • General Structure of DNA - The structure of DNA as a double helix made up
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DNA molecules are very long. They wrap around proteins and wind tightly‚ forming structures called chromosomes. A human somatic (non-sex) cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes. Twenty-two pairs are autosomes‚ which do not differ between the sexes. The autosomes are numbered from 1 to 22‚ with 1 the largest. The other two chromosomes‚ the X and the Y‚ are sex chromosomes. The Y chromosome bears genes that determine maleness. In humans‚ a female has two X chromosomes and a male has one X and one Y. Charts
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