Question

What makes up the rails or the sides of a DNA structure

Answer 1

Hey whats up!!

DNA is made up of six smaller molecules -- a five carbon sugar called deoxyribose, a phosphate molecule and four different nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine). Using research from many sources, including chemically accurate models, Watson and Crick discovered how these six subunits were arranged to make the the structure of DNA. The model is called a double helix because two long strands twist around each other like a twisted ladder. The rails of the ladder are made of alternating sugar and phosphate molecules. The steps of the ladder are made of two bases joined together with either two or three weak hydrogen bonds.

I hope this information helped you

Answer 2

Hey there!
The sides of DNA have rails, or the sides of them that keep them together- and what's amazing is you can't even see it.
They're made of sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate molecules. They alternate, so sugar, phosphate and so on.
Hope this helps!