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DNA
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DNA is the organic molecule Deoxyribonucleic Acid The function of DNA is as a molecule that permanently stores the information or instructions necessary to make Proteins in each cell
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DNA Structure Monomer Nucleotide The Nucleotide is composed of 1) 5 Carbon Sugar 2) Phosphate Group 3) Nitrogenous Base
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Nitrogenous Bases Adenine (A) Cytosine (C) Guanine (G) Thymine (T) The order of the Nitrogenous Bases determines the protein structure
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Nucleotide Bonding DNA is a double stranded helical molecule Sugar Phosphate Backbone within strand Base Pairing Between strands
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Discovery of DNA Structure Edwin Chargaff Rosalind Franklin James Watson & Francis Crick
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