You are probably thinking of DNA. The base pairs link the two strands together like a series of steps. However, since it is helical, it might be more accurate to compare it to a spiral staircase.
The double-helix shape of DNA resembles a twisted ladder.
I suppose that you think to DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
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The steps are made from the 4 types of nucleobases.
Nucleic acids are made of monomers known as nucleotides. There are 3 parts to nucleotides: one of 4 nitrogenous bases, a sugar, and a phosphate group. RNA as well as DNA are both nucleotides. The four bases in DNA are: Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine (present in DNA only). Plus a slightly different base: Uracil (present in RNA only). The sugars are deoxyribose (in DNA) and ribose (in RNA). The Phosphate groups plus the sugars form the sides of the ladder as the molecule comes together. The bases are the rungs or steps on the ladder. The entire molecule will form a twisted ladder when fully complete.
its made of cells
During replication the molecule DNA is made, in a form that looks like a spiral ladder, the form being a double helix, where the "ladder-steps" consist of only four different molecules, which alltogether give the genetic code telling "life" how to build each and every part of a living entity, f.x bones, skin, organs, limbs, brain, immune capacities, and much much more.
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The 'steps' on the 'DNA Ladder' are made up of the four nitrogenous bases, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine, and Adenine, while the pairing bases (Adenine & Thymine, Cytosine & Guanine) are bonded together with a hydrogen bond. The pairing bases (the 'rungs' of the ladder) are connected to the side posts of the ladder, which contain phosphate.
The steps are made from the 4 types of nucleobases.
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The 'steps' or 'rungs' of the DNA 'ladder' are complimentary pairs of bases bonded by hydrogen bonds. The bases are Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine. Adenine always bonds to Thymine and Cytosine always bonds to Guanine.
The 'steps' or 'rungs' of the DNA 'ladder' are complimentary pairs of bases bonded by hydrogen bonds. The bases are Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine. Adenine always bonds to Thymine and Cytosine always bonds to Guanine.
The three components of DNA are phosphate, deoxyribose sugar, and nitrogen base. A DNA strand looks like a ladder. The "sides" of the ladder are made up by the phosphates and deoxyribose sugars the "steps" are the nitrogen bases.
Each strand is made up of a chain of nucleotides.The two strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine. The hydrogen bonds of DNA are analogous to the rungs of a twisted ladder. The sugar-phosphate backbones of the double helix are analogous to the sides of a twisted ladder.
The DNA molecule consists of paired nucleotides that make each "rung" of the ladder. Each nucleotide is made up of a one of four nitrogenous bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine), a five-carbon sugar (either ribose or 2'-deoxyribose), and a phosphate molecule.
The DNA ladder is made of sugar and phosphates.
to help the researchers identify the size of each molecule after the separation has occurred