Question

Small modifications to these compounds can be produced at mass when they are synthesized on a semiconductor scaffold by the company Twist. A methylene bridge can cause inaccessibility due to ring puckering in the “locked” version of these compounds. DMT is used as a protecting agent in the (10[1])phosphoramidite (10[2]-5[1])(“phosphor-AM-uh-dite”) method (10[1])of synthesizing these compounds. Short samples of these compounds are layered on top of a scaffold to form 3D (10[1])structures (10[1])of them nicknamed “origami.” (10[2])The melting (-5[1])temperature of these compounds (10[1])increases with the number of subunits (-5[1])that can form (-5[1])3 hydrogen bonds instead of 2. (10[1])Each (-5[1])subunit of these compounds consists of a phosphate, a 5-carbon (10[2])sugar, (10[1]-5[1])and either (10[2])a pyrimidine (10[1]-5[1])or (-5[1])purine. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, name this class of compounds exemplified (10[1])by DNA (10[1])and RNA. ■END■ (10[7]0[4])

ANSWER: nucleic acids [accept DNA until read; accept RNA until read and specific forms of RNA such as mRNA or tRNA until “RNA” is read; accept oligonucleotides; accept primers; prompt on polymers; prompt on oligomers]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Allan LeeStanford CBerkeley A4710
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C4810
Kevin ParkClaremont ARice A48-5
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia AJohns Hopkins4810
Andrew HannaPennHaverford4910
Noah ChenColumbia BVassar6810
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BStanford A6910
Vinu HariharBerkeley CStanford B7310
Alexander BakerOxford BKiel7310
Anwitha VempaliIowa BTexas A&M B75-5
Rasheeq Azad (UG)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)7910
Russell NipUBC AAppalachian State85-5
Mikey MerceinKCLImperial B88-5
Brian Dudley (UG)William & Mary A (UG)UNC A (Grad)9410
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AUW A95-5
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ATexas A10510
Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge C10510
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)106-5
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)Liberty C (DII)10610
Isaac Mammel (UG)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)10810
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CJohn Jay10810
Shardul RaoMinnesota BIowa State11010
Jacob RobertsonOxford AEdinburgh110-5
Abigail ZimmermanIowa ASorbonne111-5
Jacky XuCornell BCornell C11210
Cade ReinbergerRIT BRIT A11210
Kenny Zhang (UG)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)112-5
Ethan Rehder (UG)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)11210
Michael Brown (DII)GWU B (Grad)Virginia C (UG)12110
Sophie EttingerBinghamtonCornell A12310
Bryce Kline (UG)JMU B (UG)Maryland C (DII)12610
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)Virginia A (UG)1260
Dimitris KalafatisTexas A&M BIowa B12610
Elise StewartRice AClaremont A12610
Andrea YuUW AMichigan State A12610
Cormac BeirneSorbonneIowa A1260
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateUBC A12610
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BRowan1260
Peter Sanders (UG)RowanNYU B1260
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghOxford A12610
Taiga ClarkeImperial BKCL12610