Saturday, January 22, 2011

Chargaff's rule of DNA composition

Erwin Chargaff, an American biochemist who who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi era .  He discovered 2 rules that help to study the structure of double helix DNA. According to Chargaff's rule:
  • DNA has equal number of adenine and thymine residues (A=T) and equal numbers of guanine and cytosine residues(G=C)
  • This is the Chargaff”s rule of molar equivalence between the purines and pyrimidines in DNA structure.
  • The double helical structure of DNA derives its strength from Chargaff’s rule.
  • Single stranded DNA and RNAs which are usually single stranded do not obey the rule.
  • Two possible helical forms of DNA are mirror images of each other.

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