Becker's World of the Cell (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321934925
Author: Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.1PS
Polymers
- (a) Cellulose
- (b) Messenger RNA
- (c) Globular protein
- (d) Amylopectin
- (e) DNA
- (f) Fibrous protein
Properties
- 1.
Branched-chain polymer - 2. Extracellular location
- 3. Glycosidic bonds
- 4. Informational macromolecule
- 5. Peptide bond
- 6. β linkage
- 7. Phosphodiester bridge
- 8. Nucleoside triphosphates
- 9. Helical structure possible
- 10. Synthesis requires a template
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