Nitrogenous bases are what dictate the ultimate characteristics of these molecules. There are five most common nitrogenous bases in nucleic acids, the purine bases: adenine (A) and guanine (G) and the pyrimidine bases: cytosine (C), thymine (T) (in DNA) and uracil (U) (in RNA) (Wang,...
Why are nucleic acids important? In this lesson, understand the nucleic acid structure and function in the body. Find a few examples of the...
PicoGreen® dye and other fluorescence-based quantification reagents are not recommended for quantifying dye-conjugated nucleic acids. The attached dye molecules can interfere with either binding and/or flu...
Name the nucleic acids. What are the functions of nucleic acids? Nucleic Acids: What elements make up this organic compound group? What is the monomer of nucleic acids? What are nucleic acids? Why are these molecules so important to living organisms? What are nucleic acids? Provide the histor...
Name the smaller subunits of nucleic acids. Nucleic acids are polymers made up of smaller subunits called nucleotides. Do nucleic acids form polymers? YES Name the elements that make up nucleic acids. Nucleotides consist of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus arranged...
32.7.2 Peptide Nucleic Acids Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) (Figure 32.5) are DNA analogs in which the sugar-phosphate backbone is replaced by N-(2-aminoethyl) glycine units [62,63]. These molecules efficiently hybridize with complementary DNA and RNA, forming double helices with Watson-Crick bas...
For denaturing gels, allowing the buffer to heat up to 55°C may improve results by enhancing single-stranded forms of nucleic acids. Run time The length of the gel, the voltage used, and the sizes of the molecules in the samp...
What are the polymers of nucleic acids?Polymer:A polymer is a substance with the structure of an individual molecule that is very large and each individual molecule of a polymer is made up of many molecules of a small struct bonded together. The substance with molecules of a small structure ...
On the other hand, highly branched pBAEs are more stable and robust, allowing a higher transfection efficiency due to the higher density of cationic charges that also facilitates the encapsulation of more molecules of nucleic acids as well as small nucleic acids, for example, by using ...
2. The amino-acids of the archaea H/ACA box RNP interacting with the RNA oxygen-phosphate backbone and bases are reported on the left and the right panel, respectively. 70% of the contacts between bases and the protein involve the amide and carboxyl groups of the residues suggesting that a...