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Chapter 17: Q. 17.104 (page 615)

In DNA, how many hydrogen bonds form between guanine and cytosine?

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There are 3 hydrogen bonds form between guanine and cytosine

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Given information

We need to find hydrogen bonds form between guanine and cytosine

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Simplify

Because their accessible hydrogen bond donors and acceptors couple with each other in space, guanine and cytosine form a nitrogenous base pair.
Guanine and cytosine are said to be mutually beneficial.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

What is a point mutation?

Identify each of the following as a nucleoside of a nucleotide:

a. deoxythymidine

b. guanosine

c. deoxyadenosine monophosphate

d. uridine monophosphate

What is meant by complementary base pairing?

Match each of the following processes (1to5)with one of the items (a to e)(17.3,17.4,17.5,17.7,17.8)(1)replication of DNA (2)transcription (3)translation (4)recombinant DNA (5)reverse transcription

a. DNA polymerase b. mRNA is synthesized from nuclear DNA c. viruses d. restriction enzymes

e. tRNA molecules bond to codons

Write the base sequence in a complementary DNA segment if each original segment has the following base sequence:

a. A A A A A A

b. GGGGGG

c. AGTCCAGGT

d. CTGTATACGTTA
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