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Nucleic Acids: Structure and Estimation
Biotechnology · Chapter 1 · 1. Molecular Biology
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- DNA as the genetic material: the Hershey-Chase experiment
- Nucleotides and nucleosides; physical and chemical structure of B-DNA; Watson-Crick double helix; Chargaff's rules
- RNA: types (mRNA, tRNA, rRNA), structure and functions; clover-leaf model of tRNA and brief L-shaped model
- Estimation of nucleic acids: colorimetry and UV-visible spectrophotometry