Chemistry GCSE
Complementary base pairing
What Complementary base pairing means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Complementary base pairing
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The two chains are held together by bonds between the bases of the nucleotides, and the pairing of bases means the chains are complementary.
Topics that use Complementary base pairing
Related terms
- Macromolecules
- Polymer structure
- Biological importance of DNA
- Double helix
- Genetic information storage
- Naturally occurring polymers
- Nucleotide monomers
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