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प्रश्न
What is the smallest part of a DNA molecule that can be changed by a point mutation?
पर्याय
Oligonucleotide
Codon
Gene
Nucleotide
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उत्तर
Nucleotide
Explanation:
It is made up of phosphate and nucleoside groups and is the smallest unit of DNA. the basic building block of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. It is subject to point mutation.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In a DNA strand the nucleotides are linked together by ______.
Synthesis of DNA from RNA is explained by ______.
By which bonds the purine and pyrimidine pairs of Complementary Strands of DNA held together?
In the polynucleotide chain of DNA, a nitrogenous base is linked to the -OH of ______
A short piece of DNA, having 20 base pairs, was analyzed to find the number of nucleotide bases in each of the polynucleotide strands. Some of the results are shown in the table.
| Number of nucleotide bases | ||||
| Adenine | Cytosine | Guanine | Thymine | |
| Strand 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Strand 2 | 5 | |||
How many nucleotides containing Adenine were present in strand 2?
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplifies DNA following the equation.
In a polynucleotide chain, nucleotides are linked together by which type of bond?
The 3′ end of a polynucleotide chain is characterized by the presence of:
Which of the following nitrogenous bases is classified as a purine with a double-ring structure?
What type of bond connects a nitrogenous base to the pentose sugar in a nucleotide?
