I: | a phosphate moiety links the 5’ carbon of one sugar of one nucleotide to the 1’ carbon of the sugar of the succeeding nucleotide. |
II: | the backbone of the strand is made up of alternate sugar and nitrogenous bases. |
At each step of ascent, the helical strand of DNA turns
1. | 36 degree | 2. | 34 degree |
3. | 20 degree | 4. | 180 degree |