Question
The D and L system is the convention that is used to designate the configurations of chiral carbons, only in ____.
Answer
The D and L system is the convention that is used to designate the configurations of chiral carbons, only in carbohydrates and amino acids.
Based on the D- and L- forms of glyceraldehyde.
Nearly all carbohydrates in nature are in the D-configuration
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A positive sense RNA strand is itself an mRNA and can be translated ____ into DNA.
This amino acid is ____.
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This amino acid is ____.
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