Nucleic Acids

Nucleic Acids

Self-replicating carbon molecules called DNA are the basis of life on earth. DNA is composed of two parallel chains of sugar-phosphate molecules bonded together by amino acids. Because of electrical attractions, these strands become intertwined into a double helix. These strands unravel by disconnecting the bonding amino acids and rebond to amino acids floating around in the mix. In this way, one DNA strand becomes two. This is reproduction in its simplest form. [NS] {GE}