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Yes, the DNA molecule can be compared to a ladder, where the two long strands represent the sides of the ladder, and the rungs are formed by pairs of nitrogenous bases that connect the strands. This ladder-like structure is known as the double helix. The specific pairing of the bases (adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine) ensures the integrity of genetic information, much like how rungs maintain the structure of a ladder.
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What materials make up the sides and steps of the ladder in DNA?
The sides of the DNA ladder are composed of alternating sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate groups, which form the backbone of the molecule. The steps of the ladder are made up of nitrogenous base pairs, specifically adenine paired with thymine and cytosine paired with guanine. These base pairs are held together by hydrogen bonds, creating the double helix structure characteristic of DNA.
If DNA is ladder like which two molecules of a nucleotide form the sides or upright portion of the ladder?
Oh, dude, it's like the nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA, right? So, the sides of the DNA ladder are made up of sugar and phosphate molecules bonded together. It's like the backbone of the whole DNA structure, holding it all together.
What molecles form the sides of the ladder?
I'm assuming you mean the double helix "ladder-like" formation of a strand of DNA. The sides of the structure are essentially a phosphate-deoxyribose backbone.
How did James Watson discover DNA?
James Watson and Francis Crick discoverd the two strands of nucleotides that form a twisted ladder (double helix) in DNA
What did Watson and crick learn about the fit of the correct pairs of bases within the width of the DNA ladder?
Watson and Crick discovered that Adenine connects with Thymine and Guanine connects with Cytosine
What could the DNA molecule be compared to?
twisted rope ladder
Why the DNA molecule is compared with a twisted ladder?
the whole DNA strand looks like a twisted ladder. the molecules are on the strand.
DNA structure is compared to a ladder What molecular component would be analogous to the rungs of the ladder?
DNA code is simple in structure.The double helix structure of the DNA molecule is like a long ladder twisted into a spiral.
What is the rung of the DNA ladder?
The rungs that are in the DNA ladder molecule are nucleotides. They are adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. Deoxyribose and phosphate make up the backbone of the molecule.
If you un-twist a DNA molecule it looks like a?
ladder.
Is oxygen a molecule that makes up the DNA ladder?
Heck No!
Shape of DNA?
The shape of a DNA molecule is called a Double Helix or a "Twisted Ladder"
What makes of the sides of the ladder of a DNA molecule?
The sides of the DNA ladder are alternating deoxyribose (sugar) molecules and phosphate molecules. The DNA bases attach to the sugar molecules.
What best describe a DNA molecule?
The DNA molecule is shaped like a ladder that is twisted into a coiled configuration called a double helix.
What is the DNA molecule takes the shape of a coiled ladder?
Double Helix
What can be found on the side parts of the ladder-like DNA molecule?
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.
How are the rungs of the DNA ladder broken as the DNA molecule unzips?
The rugs of DNA are Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine. When DNA replication occurs and the ladder has to be broken, an enzyme called "helicase" starts at the replication fork and unwinds the DNA ladder. Helicase breaks the rugs of DNA.
