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#Question id: 787


Which of the following statement is INCORRECT with respect to the structure of DNA?

#XL - T Zoology
  1. Six adenosines in a row in a DNA helix produce a bend of about 18 degrees.

  2. DNA was first isolated and characterized by Friedrich Miescher who called the phosphorus-containing substance “nuclein.”

  3. It is the pentoses that define the identity of a nucleic acid not the nitrogenous bases.

  4. The Z-DNA tracts do not play any role in regulating the expression of some genes or in genetic recombination.