ANP 206 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Body Plan, Homeobox, Autosome
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Bases bond in pairs (a-t, t-a, c-g, and g-c). Shape of a double helix a twisting ladder . Sides of the ladder are made of phosphates and deoxyribose sugars. Rungs of the ladder are made of the base pairs. Dna: the molecule that provides the genetic code for the biological structures and the means to translate the code; set of instructions for determining the makeup of biological organisms; info for building, operating, and repairing organisms. Gene: the sequence of dna that codes for one protein. A dna sequence that includes the code for a functional polypeptide or rna product. Rna: the molecule that functions to carry out the instructions for protein synthesis specified by the. Dna molecule ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger although in some carrying instructions from dna for controlling the synthesis of proteins, viruses rna rather than dna carries the genetic information.
