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rhysboi1991
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:11 pm    Post subject: quick questions... Reply with quote

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--- deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
===dibromonoethic acid (???)

1. does the compound with the question mark make any sense to anyone?

2. i)what elements are in DNA and how many of each?
ii) if the "(???)" does exist what elements are in it and how many?

if you can answer these i would be very greatfull
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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N C H O P are elements in DNA

the amount fo each depends on DNA itself
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i can understand how C H O N are in it but i dont understand why P is in it can you explain to me why it is in it please. thank you
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Haha That's interseting, I wonder how can't you understand the exsistence of P, since you know there're C H O N already?
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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P has something to do with alignment or something. I learned it in biology P lipids line up along water.
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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inorganic phosphorus in the form PO4 is used in the structural framework of DNA and RNA.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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the backbone of dna is made of 5carbon rings, with phosphate groups
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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heres a quick question: mirror mirror, on the wall, whos the dorkiest of them all? Very Happy
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