BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following follow the base pair rule for DNA? (select all that apply)
A
Guanine-Cytosine
B
Adenine-Thymine
C
Guanine-Thymine
D
Thymine-Cytosine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: Adenine-Thymine is the correct base pairing for DNA molecules.

Detailed explanation-2: -DNA base pair. Under normal circumstances, the nitrogen-containing bases adenine (A) and thymine (T) pair together, and cytosine (C) and guanine (G) pair together. The binding of these base pairs forms the structure of DNA .

Detailed explanation-3: -The four bases in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T). These bases form specific pairs (A with T, and G with C). Base pair may also refer to the actual number of base pairs, such as 8 base pairs, in a sequence of nucleotides.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Chargaff’s rules of base pairing are: Relation of A with T: The Pyrimidine Thymine (T) always pairs with the Purine Adenine (A) Relation of C with G: The Purine Guanine (G) always pair with the Pyrimidine Cytosine (C)

Detailed explanation-5: -Chargaff rule: The rule that in DNA there is always equality in quantity between the bases A and T and between the bases G and C. (A is adenine, T is thymine, G is guanine, and C is cytosine.) Named for the great Austrian-American biochemist Erwin Chargaff (1905-2002) at Columbia University who discovered this rule.

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