ANTHROP 2FF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Francis Crick, Nuclear Membrane, Eukaryote
29 Jun 2016
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Both carry genetic material just different as to how they do it. He did come up with something similar to dna called gemules. Had been a recognized molecule just didn"t know how important it was. Stucture of dna deciphered in 1953 by francis crick, james watson, and. Its not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. Nitrogenous bases can form hydrogen bones with one another. Hydrogen bonding nitrogenous bases causing dna to form a double helix. Rna is the only nucleic acid present in some organism, such as some viruses. Rna is also vital in important cell function, such as transcription and translation: the sugar. Dna just has deoxygenated ribos: number of strand one vs. two strands, the nitrogenous bases. Double helix structure and complentarity of the dna strands are key to dna replication.
