Natural scienceBiologyBiology basicsBiochemistryNucleic acids

Nucleic acids in general

Directionality

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What is directionality of nucleic acid strands?

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The ability to reflect light in certain direction

The ability to bind to the strand with a certain matching nucleobase sequence

The spatial orientation of the chain according to magnetic properties of the Earth

The asymmetry of the sugar-phosphate backbone ends: one bears a phosphate and the other a sugar

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