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Nucleic Acids problems


  • 1. Which of the following is found on RNA but not DNA?

  • Options
  • A. Uracil
  • B. Deoxyribose
  • C. Phosphate
  • D. Adenine
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which pyrimidine base contains an amino group at carbon 4?

  • Options
  • A. Cytosine
  • B. Thymine
  • C. Uracil
  • D. Adenine
  • Discuss
  • 3. Nucleic acids can be analyzed experimentally by their

  • Options
  • A. molecular weight
  • B. absorption of visible light
  • C. absorption of uv light
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 4. The most stabilizing force for nucleic acids is

  • Options
  • A. hydrogen bonds
  • B. electrostatic bond
  • C. Van der Waals
  • D. conformational entropy
  • Discuss
  • 5. The sugar in RNA is __________ , the sugar in DNA is __________

  • Options
  • A. deoxyribose, ribose
  • B. ribose, deoxyribose
  • C. ribose, phosphate
  • D. ribose, uracil
  • Discuss
  • 6. Nucleoside is a pyrimidine or purine base

  • Options
  • A. covalently bonded to a sugar
  • B. ionically bonded to a sugar
  • C. hydrogen bonded to a sugar
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss

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