Markov Process. A Markov process is a process that is capable of being in more than one state, can make transitions among those states, and in which the states available and transition probabilities depend only upon what state the system is currently in. In other words, there is no memory in a Markov process.
Complementarity between two antiparallel strands of DNA. The top strand goes from the left to the right and the lower strand goes from the right to the left lining them up. Left: the nucleotide base pairs that can form in double-stranded DNA. Between A and T there are two hydrogen bonds, while there are three between C and G. Right: two complementary strands of DNA.
The DNA molecule is composed of two strands held together by hydrogen bonds. A single strand is different at its two ends. One end is called 5' (5 prime), the other end is called 3' (3 prime). The names come from the notation for the two sugar carbon atoms which participate in the phosphodiester bonds. The different strands in the helix run in opposite directions (anti-parallel) such that at each end of the double helix, one strand is 5' and the other is 3'. Comments. Report.