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Nucleotide Structure: Pentose sugar. Nucleotide Structure: Nitrogenous Bases. DNA Linkage. Phosphate group/phosphodiester bond Nucleotides contain one, two, or three phosphate groups. *nucleoside *nucleotide. Nucleic Acid Polarity. *Top of molecule has free 5’-phosphate group
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DNA Linkage • Phosphate group/phosphodiester bond • Nucleotides contain one, two, or three phosphate groups *nucleoside *nucleotide
Nucleic Acid Polarity *Top of molecule has free 5’-phosphate group This is the 5’ end *Bottom has a free 3’ hydroxyl group This is the 3’ end
Structural analysis of DNA *Early 1950’s Rosalind Franklin *1953 Watson and Crick
DNA Melting *Temperature at which DNA strands are ½ denatured is the melting temperature or Tm *GC content of DNA has a significant effect on Tm