Practice - Single-Stranded DNA (The Polynucleotide Chain)
Practice Questions
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What are the three components of a deoxyribonucleotide?
💡 Hint: Think about what makes up DNA at the most basic level.
What type of bond links nucleotides together?
💡 Hint: Remember, this bond forms between two specific parts of the nucleotides.
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What is a nucleotide made up of?
💡 Hint: What are the components that make up DNA at the molecular level?
True or False: DNA can only be synthesized in the 5' to 3' direction.
💡 Hint: Which direction do you think builders can work on walls?
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Challenge Problems
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If a sequence of DNA has the following nucleotides: A, C, G, T, write the complementary strand assuming it runs from 5' to 3'.
💡 Hint: Use base pairing rules where A pairs with T and C pairs with G.
Explain how a mutation in a single nucleotide could potentially affect protein synthesis.
💡 Hint: Think about how one wrong piece could change the entire structure of a puzzle.
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