DNADNAReplication.ppt-ArkansasState.ppt

Chapter 5 6 DNA DNA Replication History DNA Comprised of genes In non-dividing cell nucleus as chromatin Protein/DNA complex Chromosomes form during cell division Duplicate to yield a full set in daughter cell DNA is Genetic Material From Chapter 2 Nucleic acids are polymers Monomers are called nucleotides Nucleotides base + sugar + phosphate Base purine or pyrimidine Purines adenine, guanine Pyrimidines thymine, cytosine, uracil Sugar deoxyribose or ribose Phosphate, a single phosphate in DNA Sugar of nt 1 is linked to the phosphate of nt 2 by a phosphodiester bond Panel 2-6 Chapt