Chapter 9, Problem 4CONQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The nucleotide’s building blocks and their linkage in the formation of a DNA strand.

Introduction:

Nucleic acids are the polymeric small molecules which are essential to all living forms. They are of two types: RNA (ribonucleic acid) and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Furthermore, DNA is a genetic material in almost all living forms whereas, RNA is a genetic material of viruses like, retrovirus.