Phosphates and Sugars formthe sides of the DNA ladder~
Sugar used in the DNA ladder is a five carbon sugar known as deoxyribose.
DNA (standing for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid)
The base of the nucleotides
The base pairs form the rungs of the ladder.
Nucleotides are found along the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA, which forms the "twisted ladder" structure of the double helix. They are the building blocks of DNA and consist of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.
complementary nucleotides
On the side parts of the ladder-like DNA molecule, you will find the sugar-phosphate backbone, which provides structural support to the molecule. The sugar-phosphate backbone serves as the outer framework that holds the nitrogenous bases together in the DNA double helix.
The sides of the DNA ladder are formed by alternating sugar and phosphate molecules. These sugar-phosphate backbones run parallel to each other on opposite sides of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.
on the outside of the DNA strand is the phosphate and sugar, only the sugar are connected across to the other half with the A&T and C&G
The DNA ladder (double helix) twists in a right-handed direction. It forms a spiral structure with two strands that are connected by hydrogen bonds between complementary bases (adenine with thymine, guanine with cytosine).
False. Nucleotide bases attached to proteins do not form the copied side of the DNA ladder. The new DNA strand is actually synthesized in a complementary fashion to the template strand during DNA replication.
The sequence of the nitrogenous bases, which are the 'rungs' of the DNA 'ladder' are what give DNA its specificity.