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How is DNA structured, osea how are the different parts of a nucleotide bonded between themselves, and how is one base bonded to another one? What's the difference between RNA and DNA?

Author: Rebeca Lorena Arce Fonseca



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The bond between the phosphate group, pentose sugar, and nucleotide base is covalent. The phosphate group of a nucleotide bonds with the pentose sugar of the next through covalent bonds too. However there is a hydrogen bond between the nucleotide bases; 2 between adenosine and thymine and 3 between cytosine and guanine. Also note that there are two strands of DNA and they're antiparallel. RNA is single stranded and has ribose instead of deoxyribose as nucleic acid


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