DNA structure

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What holds the two strands of DNA together?

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Hydrogen bonds.

Front

Can a human gene be placed into a bacteria to produce a human protein?

Back

True.

Front

What does semiconservative replication mean in DNA replication?

Back

One strand is kept as a template to build the other new strand.

Front

What does the 'D' in DNA stand for?

Back

Deoxyribo.

Front

If a DNA molecule has 30% Guanine bases, how many Cytosine bases will it have?

Back

30%.

Front

What are the building blocks of DNA?

Back

Nucleotides.

Front

What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?

Back

Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine.

Front

What is the shape of the DNA molecule?

Back

Double helix.

Front

What type of bond connects the nitrogenous bases in DNA?

Back

Hydrogen bonds.

Front

What is the function of DNA?

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To store and transmit genetic information.