In the Watson-Crick structure of DNA, the:
A) absence of 2'-hydroxyl groups allows bases to lie perpendicular to the helical axis.
B) adenine content of one strand must equal the thymine content of the same strand.
C) nucleotides are arranged in the A-form.
D) purine content (fraction of bases that are purines) must be the same in both strands.
E) two strands are parallel.

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The absence of 2'-hydroxyl groups in DNA (as opposed to RNA) allows the DNA to adopt a B-form helix where bases lie perpendicular to the helical axis.

In the Watson-Crick Structure of DNA, The