Structure and Function of DNA
This text discusses DNA nucleotides, discovering the double helix, DNA structure and function.
Topics
- double helix
- nucleic acids
- phosphate group
- Francis Crick
- James Watson
- deoxyribose
- nitrogenous base
- X-ray diffraction
- DNA
- RNA
- denaturation
- replication
- translation
- dsDNA
- ssDNA
- cytosine
- guanine
- hydroxyl group
- adenine
- Alexander Rich
- base sequence
- complementary base pairing
- complimentary base pairs
- deoxyribonucleotides
- double-stranded DNA
- Erwin Chargaff
- Linus Pauling
- major grooves
- Maurice Wilkins
- minor grooves
- nucleoside
- nucleotides
- phosphodiester bonds
- purines
- pyrimidines
- R.G. Gosling
- Rosalind Franklin
- single strands of DNA
- sugar-phosphate backbone
- thymine
- vertical gene transfer