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Phosphate Backbone - National Human Genome Research Institute
6 天之前 · A phosphate backbone is the portion of the DNA double helix that provides structural support to the molecule. DNA consists of two strands that wind around each other like a …
Sugar phosphates - Wikipedia
Sugar phosphates (sugars that have added or substituted phosphate groups) are often used in biological systems to store or transfer energy. They also form the backbone for DNA and RNA …
Sugar-Phosphate Backbones: Structure and Function in DNA/RNA
2025年1月11日 · The sugar-phosphate backbone is a fundamental component of the nucleic acid structures that make up DNA and RNA. This structural feature maintains the integrity and …
1.1: The Structure of DNA - Biology LibreTexts
Identify the sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base, 5' and 3' carbons in a nucleotide and the key difference between DNA and RNA. Explain the structure of the double helix, including the role …
9.1: The Structure of DNA - Biology LibreTexts
2022年3月17日 · The phosphate group of one nucleotide bonds covalently with the sugar molecule of the next nucleotide, and so on, forming a long polymer of nucleotide monomers. …
12.2: Structure and Function of DNA - Biology LibreTexts
2025年1月22日 · DNA Nucleotides. The building blocks of nucleic acids are nucleotides. Nucleotides that compose DNA are called deoxyribonucleotides. The three components of a …
The Structure and Function of DNA - Molecular Biology of the …
DNA is made of four types of nucleotides, which are linked covalently into a polynucleotide chain (a DNA strand) with a sugar-phosphate backbone from which the bases (A, C, G, and T) …
Biochemistry, DNA Structure - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年6月12日 · DNA’s sugar-phosphate backbone and helical structure make it more stable, less prone to damage, and more compact; however, the hydrogen bonds that hold the strands …
12.1: The Structure of DNA - Chemistry LibreTexts
The backbone of DNA is based on a repeated pattern of a sugar group and a phosphate group. The full name of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, because of the presence of sugar - deoxyribose. …
phosphate backbone | Learn Science at Scitable - Nature
The sugar-phosphate backbone forms the structural framework of nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA. This backbone is composed of alternating sugar and phosphate groups, and defines...