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DNA Structure Review. Which bases are chemically similar?. A Nucleotide - 3 parts. Base Pairs Bond via Hydrogen Bonds. What do 3 prime and 5 prime mean?. The carbons of the sugar are numbered. For DNA, the 5' end bears a phosphate, and the 3' end a hydroxyl group.
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Base Pairs Bond via Hydrogen Bonds
What do 3 prime and 5 prime mean? The carbons of the sugar are numbered.
For DNA, the 5' end bears a phosphate, and the 3' end a hydroxyl group.
The top strand runs 5’ to 3’. The bottom strand runs 3’ to 5’. Antiparallel