Introduction to DNA

Today we began our discussion on the structure of DNA.  We started off with the following set of daily questions.

Monday March 26^th

What does the term DNA stand for?

    Deoxyribonucleic acid

What type of organic molecule is it?

    Nucleic Acid

How many strands are in DNA?

    2

What does the term RNA stand for?

    Ribonucleic Acid

How are DNA and RNA different?

    DNA is double stranded, RNA is single stranded

DNA contains the sugar Deoxyribose, RNA contains the sugar     Ribose

DNA provides instructions; RNA actually goes out and MAKES proteins

We then started into notes about DNA.  Key things to remember from today are how the bases pair up with each other.  Adenine with Thymine an Guanine with Cytosine