Ribo-This is short for ribose and it is a pentose sugar. Contrast this with the sugar group in DNA which is dexoyribose. Nucleic-Refers to the fact that it originates in the nucleus.
DNA is a double helix formed by base pairs attached to a sugar-phosphate backbone. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms.
DNA Structure and Function. 1  Watson-Crick model of DNA; double helix. 2  The double in the double helix means that DNA is found in a double-stranded form - 2 single-stranded chains of DNA stuck to each other via hydrogen bonding of the base pairs.3  The 2 single-strands are anti-parallel to each other. The double in the double helix means that DNA is found in a double-stranded form - 2 single-stranded chains of DNA stuck to each other via hydrogen bonding of the base pairs. 2  The 2 single-strands are anti-parallel to each other. 3  Going from 5' to 3' of one strand means going from 3' to 5' of the other strand.