Is there any signifigance in the E or the I in the spelling of DNA?
2007-01-23 02:02:59 · 4 answers · asked by Patrick h 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A dioxyribose nucleic acid molecule has two oxygen atoms.
A Deoxyribose nucleic acid has one fewer oxygen atoms (one instead of two) and is the long form of the acronym DNA.
2007-01-23 02:14:15 · answer #1 · answered by einzelgaenger08 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid. I'm not really sure what dioxyribonucleic is. You might google that and see what you come up with.
The only thing I can think of is that either it's just a typo, or they are trying to indicate just normal RIBOnucleic acid (RNA). Not an appropriate way to do that, but who knows....
2007-01-23 10:10:44 · answer #2 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i suspect what you meant to type was "dideoxyribonucleic acid", which means it is missing two oxygen molecules. Dideoxynucleotides are used in sequencing reactions, becuase they can be incorporated into a DNA chain but stops any further extension of the strand.
Nucleic acids with two oxygen molecules are ribonucleic acids, or RNA.
2007-01-23 11:41:13 · answer #3 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DNA and RNA. The DNA is a double heix which contains information about you(including how to make the organic compounds in your boby). The DNA is in the nucleus of the cell. There are three tipes of RNA and all three of them play a role in protein synthesis, using the informayion they got from the DNA. The basic difference in their build is the sugar used in each compound together with the N and P bases.
2007-01-23 10:11:28 · answer #4 · answered by clotho 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋