Nucleic Acids: Experiment # 12
Nucleic Acids: Experiment # 12
Nucleic Acids: Experiment # 12
Experiment # 12
GROUP 2
Aranjuez, Hannah Suzane
Camus, Rochelle Mae
Jamero, Jhon Rico
Ligutom, Lester
Mapilindo, Mar-a
Nucleic Acid
-is a polymer in which the monomer units are nucleotides.
Nucleotide
-building blocks of nucleic acid
-is a three-subunit molecule in which a pentose sugar is bonded to both a
phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic base.
Base
Sugar Phosphate
Positive results for the following substances.
Shape
The shape of a red blood cell is a biconcave disk with a flattened center - in other
words, both faces of the disc have shallow bowl-like indentations (a red blood cell
looks like a donut). While in sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells become rigid and
sticky and are shaped like sickles or crescent moons Production of red blood cells is
controlled by erythropoietin, a hormone produced primarily by the kidneys.
Ability to carry oxygen
Sickle cell anemia inhibits the ability of haemoglobin in red blood cells to
carry oygen.
Insertion of wrong nucleotide into a DNA code group could result in?
Mutation occurs when a “wrong” nucleotide is inserted during DNA replication.
When this happened in a protein coding-gene, it could have no effect on the cell that
bears it, it could change the cell’s function, or rarely cause the cell to die, which is no
big deal to you because you have 37 trillion of them.