How many angstroms is a DNA base pair?

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How many angstroms is a DNA base pair?

2007-01-05 09:12:02 · 3 answers · asked by Spinnyhead 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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3.3 angstroms

2007-01-09 09:15:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

DNA chain is 22 to 24 angstroms wide and one nucleotide unit is 3.3 angstroms long.

2007-01-05 17:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

In what dimension?

The base pairs plus the sugars and so on are a total of about two nanometers wide, or 23 Angstroms. Each set of base pairs is about 0.34 nanometers thick, or 3.4 Angstroms.

Thus, if you were able to line up all the DNA in a typical cell end to end, it would form a line 2 nm wide and 2 meters long (about 80 inches).

2007-01-05 17:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋