Are there ionic bonds within DNA?

Subject: Are there ionic bonds within DNA?

Date: Tue Oct 21 17:47:33 2003
Posted by Rhett Rakhshani
Grade level: 10-12 School: Pacific Coast High School
City: Huntington Beach State/Province: California Country: USA
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1066776453.Bc

Message:


I have looked all over the web to determine the types of bonds within DNA.  I have discovered that 
there are hydrogen bonds between the nitrogen bases and covalent bonds between the phosphate 
group and sugar of each nucleotide.  I'm thinking that there are ionic bonds as well, between the 
actual atoms, but I can't find that information in my textbook or on the web.

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