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The backbone of DNA is held together by covalent bonds. DNA is made up of nucleotides, a sugar (2-deoxyribose) attached to a base and a phosphate group. The backbone consists of alternating phosphate and sugar residues joined together by phosphodiester bonds. Hydrogen bonds are involved in stabilising the helix along with what are called base stacking where the aromatic rings in the bases align to minimise the "free energy" these are essentially short range intermolecular forces and are not usually considered to be "bonds".
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What type of bonds holds DNA strands together?
DNA strands are held together by hydrogen bonds.
What is the type of bond that links two nucleotides together in a strand of DNA?
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What type of bond holds together 2 strands of DNA?
Hydrogen bonding holds together the two strands of a double stranded DNA. Hydrogen bonding exists between the nitrogen base pairs.
What DNA nitrogen bases bond together?
Adenine and thymine bond,cytosine and guanine bond
What type of bonds hold the individual DNA bases together?
If the DNA nitrogenous bases (A&T, G&C) alone, its the Hydrogen bond. Phosphate-Sugar= phosphoester bond Sugar-Nitrogenous bases= Beta N-glycosidic bond Sugar-phosphate-sugar = phosphodiester bond
What type of chemical bond holds the double strands of Dna together?
Hydrogen bonds do this.
Bond type created by DNA ligase?
DNA ligase links together two DNA strands that have double-strand break (a break in both complementary strands of DNA). DNA ligase creates a phosphodiester bond to fully repair the DNA.
What type of bonds holds DNA strands together?
DNA strands are held together by hydrogen bonds.
What is the type of bond that links two nucleotides together in a strand of DNA?
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What type of bond holds together 2 strands of DNA?
Hydrogen bonding holds together the two strands of a double stranded DNA. Hydrogen bonding exists between the nitrogen base pairs.
What nucleotides bond together in DNA?
At, GC
What DNA nitrogen bases bond together?
Adenine and thymine bond,cytosine and guanine bond
What hold the sides of the DNA together?
a hydrogen bond
What hold the side of DNA ladder together?
what holds the sides of the DNA ladder together
The bond that holds the DNA sugars together to form the backbone of DNA is?
Phosphate backbone
What bonds hold RNA molecules together?
A hydrogen bond holds DNA together and a covalent holds rna together
The enzyme that can join pieces of DNA together is?
DNA-polymerase synthesizes DNA molecules, while DNA-ligase ca join DNA pieces together by making phosphodiester bond.
