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Through covalent and hydrogen bonds. The covalent bonds hold the pentose sugar-phosphate backbone together and are alternatively called phosphodiester bonds. The hydrogen bonds are between the nitrogen bases and hold the "rungs" of the ladder together.
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∙ 12y agoNucleotides are held together by chemical bond which is called phosphodiester linkage. It joinsphosphate group of one nucleotide to OH group of next nucleotide
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∙ 11y agoThe molecules that make up a DNA nucleotide are held together by covalent bonds.
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∙ 13y agoNucleotides on the on the same strand are held together by covalent bonds to the sugar backbone of DNA. Nucleotides on separate strands are held together by complimentary hydrogen bonding.
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∙ 13y agothe 3' carbon of one sugar is connected to the 5' carbon of another by Phosphodiesterase Bonds. and the base pairs are connected by Hydrogen Bonds
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∙ 14y agoHydrogen bonds....
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∙ 11y agoHydrogen bonds
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Each individual strand of DNA is held together by phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotides, while the strands of DNA are held together by several hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases of each nucleotide.
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What type of covalent bond holds together the amino acids in DNA?
There are no amino acids in desoxy ribo nucleic acid: its is (desoxy)-ribose (carbohydrate)and nucleic acid not amino!
What is C H O in nucleic acids?
CHO is not in nucleic acids...
Are ribozomes carbs proteins lipids or nucleic acids?
nucleic acids. they are rna enzymes, and rna is a nucleic acid
What is the monomer of Nucleic Acids?
monomer of nucleic acids are a sugar, phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
What statement best describes nucleic acids?
Nucleic acids are polymers. They are made of monomers Nucleotides.
Bond to sugars on the sides of nucleic acids?
its a scienfic bond that consist of hyper sugars that hold nucleic acids together.
What are DNA and RNA examples of?
Nucleic acids
What macromolecule provides instructions for growth?
Nucleic acids
How are the bases in nucleic acids like the letters in the alphabet?
They are like the letters in an alphabet because the letters in an alphabet form together to make words and the bases form together to make the nucleic acids.
A nucleic acids is a?
Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides.
What is the name of the macromolecules that makes up DNA?
Nucleic acids.
The nucleic acids RNA and DNA work together to?
specify the order of amino acids in protein synthesis
What are the blocks of nucleic acids?
what are the building blocks of nucleic acids?
What do proteinlipidscarbohydratesand nucleic acids have in common?
They together build living organisms.All of them are organic.
What type of covalent bond holds together the amino acids in DNA?
There are no amino acids in desoxy ribo nucleic acid: its is (desoxy)-ribose (carbohydrate)and nucleic acid not amino!
How are nucleic acids and proteins related?
Nucleic acids make proteins.
What macromolecules is made up of nucleic acid?
They are the nucleotides . They make up nucleic acids
