The two complementary strands of DNA are connected to each other through hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases. This bond forms a double helix structure, with adenine pairing with thymine and cytosine pairing with guanine.
Complementary strands of DNA are held together by hydrogen bonds connecting complementary bases.
DNA is a double-stranded molecule twisted into a helix (think of a spiral staircase). Each spiraling strand, comprised of a sugar-phosphate backbone and attached bases, is connected to a complementary strand by non-covalent hydrogen bonding between paired bases. The bases are adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). A and T are connected by two hydrogen bonds. G and C are connected by three hydrogen bonds.
The bases of mRNA coded for by a DNA segment are complementary to the original DNA sequence. If the DNA sequences are ATCG, the corresponding mRNA bases will be UAGC.
DNA polymerase matches the bases on the parent strand.
Complementary strands of DNA are held together by hydrogen bonds connecting complementary bases.
Hydrogen bonds connect the nitrogen bases to one another in DNA. These bonds form between complementary bases (A-T and C-G) and help stabilize the double helix structure of DNA.
DNA polymerase is responsible for assembling complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication. It adds nucleotides to the growing DNA strand using the existing strand as a template.
Complementary strands of DNA are held together by hydrogen bonds connecting complementary bases.
DNA Polymerase
DNA makes copies of itself through the process of replication. Because the nucleotide bases are complementary, they automatically make the other strand of complementary bases when the division of the cell occurs.
DNA is a double-stranded molecule twisted into a helix (think of a spiral staircase). Each spiraling strand, comprised of a sugar-phosphate backbone and attached bases, is connected to a complementary strand by non-covalent hydrogen bonding between paired bases. The bases are adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). A and T are connected by two hydrogen bonds. G and C are connected by three hydrogen bonds.
RNA polymerase is the enzyme that reads along a sequence of bases in DNA and synthesizes a complementary sequence of nucleotide bases in RNA during transcription.
The bases of mRNA coded for by a DNA segment are complementary to the original DNA sequence. If the DNA sequences are ATCG, the corresponding mRNA bases will be UAGC.
DNA Bases are complimentary as each base only binds to one other (Adenine to Thymine and Guanine to Cytosine).
DNA polymerase
DNA polymerase is the enzyme responsible for replicating DNA by adding complementary nucleotides in the correct sequence during DNA synthesis.