DNA II - DNA/RNA Structure

What are the 3 conformations of DNA and their structures? (6)

How does supercoiling occur?

What sort of supercoiling arises in unwound DNA with fixed ends?

How is most DNA supercoiled?

Explain the process of denaturation of a DNA molecule.

How is denaturation monitored?

What does Melting Temperature(Tm) mean?

What factors increase the Melting Temperature?

How does an RNA nucleotide differ from a DNA nucleotide?

State the nomenclature of the ribosomal nucleotides

What does double stranded RNA resemble?

How does RNA's structure relate to its function(s)?

What are the three different forms and functions of RNA?

What is a gene?

What is the genome?

What is a chromosome?

What is Chromatin?

How do we know that genes are made of DNA?