Nucleic acids are polymers of:
1. | Nucleosides | 2. | Nucleotides |
3. | Amino acids | 4. | Polypeptides |
Which of the following is a pyrimidine base found in DNA?
1. | Adenine | 2. | Guanine |
3. | Uracil | 4. | Cytosine |
To form a nucleoside, a nitrogenous base is linked to a pentose sugar:
1. | Through a P-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 1 |
2. | Through a P-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 5 |
3. | Through an N-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 1 |
4. | Through an N-Glycosidic linkage at carbon atom number 5 |
In a strand of nucleic acid, two nucleotides are linked together by:
1. 3’ – 5’ phosphodiester bond
2. 5’ – 3’ phosphodiester bond
3. 2’ – 5’ phosphodiester bond
4. 3’ – 1’ phosphodiester bond
Identify the incorrect statement:
1. | The DNA of the bacteriophage ϕ X 174 has 5386 nucleotides. |
2. | Bacteriophage lambda DNA has 48502 base pairs. |
3. | The DNA of Escherichia coli has 4.6 X 103 base pairs. |
4. | Haploid content of human DNA is 3.3 X 109 base pairs. |