What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose?

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1) What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose?
2) What position on the (deoxy)ribose attaches to the nucleobase?
3) Why are the (deoxy)ribose atoms labeled with a prime'?
4) What nucleobases are found in DNA? (Use the single-letter code.)
5) What nucleobases are found in RNA? (Use the single-letter code.)
6) What group is attached to the 5' position of a nucleoside to make a nucleotide? Draw the
Lewis structure.
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Transcribed Image Text:1) What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose? 2) What position on the (deoxy)ribose attaches to the nucleobase? 3) Why are the (deoxy)ribose atoms labeled with a prime'? 4) What nucleobases are found in DNA? (Use the single-letter code.) 5) What nucleobases are found in RNA? (Use the single-letter code.) 6) What group is attached to the 5' position of a nucleoside to make a nucleotide? Draw the Lewis structure. CHM60 Lecture Worksheet: DNA/RNA Structure
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