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Dna structure
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is made up of two strands winding around each other to generate a "double helix". The backbone of each individual strand consists of sugar and phosphate groups. Each sugar is attached to a base: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), or thymine (T).
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...
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Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
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...
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Kerry Evans
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...
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Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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Carmen Leitch
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...
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Carmen Leitch
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Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2017
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...
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APR 06, 2017
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Written By:
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FEB 05, 2017
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
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