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Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

Karen C. Timberlake

Chapter 17

Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Components of Nucleic Acids

00:39

Problem 1

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Identify each of the following bases as a purine or a pyrimidine:
a. thymine
b. (IMAGE CANNOT COPY)

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Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
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00:22

Problem 2

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Identify each of the following bases as a purine or a pyrimidine:
a. guanine
b. (IMAGE CANNOT COPY)

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Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
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00:25

Problem 3

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Identify each of the bases in problem 17.1 as a component of DNA only, RNA only, or both DNA and RNA.

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Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Numerade Educator
00:07

Problem 4

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Identify each of the bases in problem 17.2 as a component of DNA only, RNA only, or both DNA and RNA.

Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Numerade Educator
01:55

Problem 5

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
What are the names and abbreviations of the four nucleotides in DNA?

Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
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01:13

Problem 6

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
What are the names and abbreviations of the four nucleotides in RNA?

Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Numerade Educator
00:50

Problem 7

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Identify each of the following as a nucleoside or nucleotide:
a. adenosine
b. deoxycytidine
c. uridine
d. cytidine- $5^{\prime}$ -monophosphate

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Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
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00:39

Problem 8

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Identify each of the following as a nucleoside or nucleotide:
a. deoxythymidine
b. guanosine
c. deoxyadenosine- $5^{\prime}$ -monophosphate
d. uridine- $5^{\prime}$ -monophosphate

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Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
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00:41

Problem 9

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Draw the condensed structural formula for deoxyadenosine- $5^{\prime}-$ monophosphate (dAMP).

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Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Numerade Educator
00:35

Problem 10

Describe the bases and ribose sugars that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.
Draw the condensed structural formula for uridine- $5^{\prime}$ monophosphate (UMP).

Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Yokshitha Reddy Bathula
Numerade Educator