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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 phosphoramidite (“phosphor-AM-uh-dite”) method of synthesizing these compounds. Short samples of these compounds are layered on top of a scaffold to form 3D structures of them nicknamed “origami.” The melting temperature of these compounds (10[1])increases with the number of subunits that can form 3 hydrogen bonds instead of 2. (10[1])Each subunit of these compounds consists of a phosphate, a 5-carbon sugar, (10[1]-5[1])and either (10[1])a pyrimidine or purine. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this class of compounds exemplified (10[1])by DNA and RNA. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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
Rasheeq Azad (UG)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)7910
Brian Dudley (UG)William & Mary A (UG)UNC A (Grad)9410
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
Ethan Rehder (UG)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)11210
Kenny Zhang (UG)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)112-5
Michael Brown (DII)GWU B (Grad)Virginia C (UG)12110
Bryce Kline (UG)JMU B (UG)Maryland C (DII)12610
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)Virginia A (UG)1260

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