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Q: What make up the backbone of a polynucleotide strand?
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In DNA molecule how many polynucleotide strands are present?

2 polynucleotide strands make up a DNA and these strands are held togatehr by hydrogen bonds. In D.N.A there are 2 polynucleotide strands in R.N.A there is usually 1 polynucleotide strand.


Which part makes up the backbone of a DNA strand?

It not 1, but four components that make up the strand. These 4 nucleotides are guanine, cytosine, thymine, and adenine (G-C-T-A)


What make up the backbone?

The backbone is made of tiny bones, called vertebrae, that make up one large backbone, or vertebral column.


What are the two components that make up of the backbone of the DNA?

Sugar and phosphate are the parts that make up the DNA backbone.


Which strand of DNA contains codes for the amino acids that make up a protein?

the sense strand


Which strand of DNA contains codes for amino acids to make up a protein?

The best strand


What bones make up the human backbone?

The back


The sections that make up the backbone are known as what?

Vertebrae


What are the individual units that make up the backbone of an animal?

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How many vertebraes make up a frog's backbone?

14


What combines with photphates to make up the backbone OF DNA?

sugar


How many strands is RNA made of?

in humans there is one strand of RNA, hence the name single-stranded RNA. However, in some viruses (such as HIV), there are double-stranded RNA made by the enzyme transcriptase.