DNA structure

The structure was first described by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953..The structure of DNA is illustrated by a right handed double helix, with about 10 nucleotide pairs per helical turn. Each spiral strand, composed of a sugar phosphate backbone and attached bases, is connected to a complementary strand by hydrogen bonding (non- covalent) between paired bases, adenine (A) with thymine (T) and guanine(G) with cytosine (C).
Adenine and thymine are connected by two hydrogen bonds (non-covalent) while guanine and cytosine are connected by three.