The Hydrophobicity of the Planar Nitrogenous Ring Structures of a Nucleotide

question 35

Multiple Choice

The hydrophobicity of the planar nitrogenous ring structures of a nucleotide, leading to the exclusion of water and stability of DNA, is referred to as:

• A)Watson-Crick base pairing.
• B)supercoiling.
• C)base-stacking interactions.
• D)complementarity.
• E)polarity.

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Definitions:

Impulsiveness

A tendency to act on spontaneous desires without considering the consequences.

Superego

Part of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the ethical or moral self that counters the impulses of the id.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Collective Unconscious

A term coined by Carl Jung to describe structures of the unconscious mind shared among beings of the same species.