LIFESCI 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Double Helix, Nucleoside Triphosphate, Phosphodiester Bond
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Mice injected with the dead virulent bacteria with the live non-virulent bacteria still died. Lifesci 3 - lecture #2 - dna and rna. No office hours today, no class found for holding office hours. Questions can be asked on piazza and the professor will make sure they are answered. Office hours next monday (01/16/18) from 12 pm to 2 pm (further information will be provided) No need to memorize the a,d,h,m structures related to the minor and major grooves, keys will be given so that this emphasizes testing on concepts rather than memorization. A pentose (five-carbon) sugar ( deoxyribose for dna and ribose for rna) A nitrogenous base ( for dna: adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine ; for rna: adenine, uracil, guanine and cytosine) While each nucleotide added to a growing dna chain lacks an -oh group at its 2" position, it retains its 3" -oh.
