Chem 210 - Module 6 Exam With 100% Correct Answers

Guanine - ans --Base that pairs with cytosine in RNA RNA - ans --Nucleic acid responsible for using genetic information to produce proteins DNA - ans --Nucleic acid built from nucleotides Z-form helix - ans --DNA structure stabilized mainly by hydrogen bonds Ribose - ans --Pentose sugar constituent of mRNA Purines - ans --Bases with one ring and two nitrogen atoms (adenine and guanine) Pyrimidines - ans --Bases with one ring and one nitrogen atom (cytosine, thymine, and uracil) Complementary bases - ans --Bases that pair together in DNA (adenine-thymine, guanine-cytosine) Hydrogen bonds - ans --Type of bonds that hold complementary bases together in DNA Codon - ans --Set of three sequential nucleotides that encodes for an amino acid A-form DNA - ans --DNA with a right-handed helix cAMP - ans --Second messenger in cells, also functions as a protein coenzyme rRNA - ans --Type of RNA that makes up about 65 percent of ribosomes Erwin Chargaff - ans --Credited with the conclusion that G and C are present in DNA in equimolar amounts Primary sequence of DNA - ans --Written from 5' to 3'