Objectives
• Discuss how the primary structure of nucleic acids is the order of bases in the
polynucleotide sequence, and the secondary structure is the three-dimensional
conformation of the backbone.
• Discuss the monomers of nucleic acids are nucleotides.
• Discuss how the bases are bonded to the sugars, forming nucleosides.
• Summarize how nucleosides are linked by ester bonds to phosphoric acid to form
the phosphodiester backbone.
• Specific proteins called single-strand binding proteins bind to the single-stranded
regions and protect them from nucleases.
• Spontaneous mutation of bases and insertion of the wrong nucleotide would
normally lead to an error every 104 to 105
Instructions:
Step 1: Read the article found in section 9A: Biochemical Connections: Law in your
digital book.
Using the Concorde’s Online Library, your digital material, and other scholarly websites,
discuss the following:
• What are your feelings regarding the article?
• Describe, in detail, what the following statement means, “What can be patented
is purified DNA containing the sequence of the gene and techniques that allow
the study of the genes.”
• How do you see the patenting of genes/DNA impacting science and medicine
over the next 30 years?
• Do you believe this trend is ethical? Why/why not?
Step 2: Compile your thoughts & research and write a 3-5 page paper addressing the
topics and questions above.
Step 3: Once complete, save your file and submit.
• You are required to have at least two outside resources, at the scholarly level.
Wikipedia is not acceptable.
ARTICLE NEEDED FOR THE ESSAY IS IN THE PDF
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