A legacy resource from NICHCY. Welcome to the alphabet soup of special education! The disability community is full of acronyms that people constantly use in writing and in conversation, and itâs important to know what those acronyms stand for. Acronyms are used in order to abbreviate names or phrases.
DNA is negatively charged due to the negatively charged phosphate ions in its structure. DNA carries 2 negative charges per base pair (whose length is 0.34 nm). As a title oâ¦f example, the human DNA has about 6 thousands of million (6 x 10^9) base pairs. This gives a total charge of 12 thousands of million negative charges (12 x 10^9 negative charges), and a total length of about 2 meters.
The name DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. By breaking down the name, we can understand the structure of the molecule. DNA is a long string of nucleotide units attached to one another. In a single nucleotide there are three components: 1) a sugar molecule, 2) a phosphate group, and 3) a nitrogenous base.(See Figure B-2.) In DNA, the sugar molecule happens to called deoxyribose, hence the name deoxyribonucleic acid.n summary, a double helix of DNA is composed of two spiraling, complementary strands of DNA. Each strand is composed of a sugar and phosphate backbone with varying nitrogenous bases sticking in towards the center. The two strands are joined together at the center by pairing bases lined up with one another.