IB Biology A1.2 Definitions
This page contains our IB Biology definitions for A1.2. By learning each one of these definitions, you will fully cover the content for IB Biology 'Further nucleic acids'.
antiparallel
The property of DNA strands being next to each other but running in opposite directions
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nucleosome
A complex composed of DNA bound to an eight-histone protein core and a linker histone protein
nucleotide
The most basic unit of a nucleic acid
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