p p p p = phosphate .. \ / \ / \ / \ / ... s s s s s = sugar | | | | b b b b b = basewhere each b can be any one of four bases:
p p p p ... 3'\ / \ / \ / \ / \ /5' ... s s s s s | | | | | |
In what follows,
this schematic representation
of a segment of a DNA molecule
will be abbreviated to:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |