Question

What is the meaning of the anti-parallel strands of a DNA molecule?

Answer 1

DNA:

1. DNA is expanded as deoxyribonucleic acid.
2. It is a type of nucleic acid that is found as genetic material in cells of most species.
3. It comprises four nitrogen bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
4. DNA occurs in two strands that run in an antiparallel direction.
5. Anti-parallel strands of a DNA molecule mean that phosphate groups at the start of two DNA strands (poles) are in the opposite position.