BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2013

  • question_answer
    Antiparallel strands of a DNA molecule means that

    A)  one strand turns anti-clockwise

    B)  the phosphate groups of two DNA strands, at their ends, share the same position

    C)  the phosphate groups at the start of two DNA strands are in opposite position (pole)

    D)  one strand turns clockwise

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    JD Watson and FHC Crick (1953) showed that DNA has a double helical structure with two polynucieotide chains connected by hydrogen bonds and running in opposite directions (antiparallei). The antiparallel strands of a DNA molecule means that the phosphate groups at the start of two DNA strands are in opposite position (pole),


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