B-DNA
(To the tune of "YMCA")
Copyright ©2004 Kevin Ahern

I am very pleased that Mr. Tim Karplus has made a professional recording of this song (more to come!). A downloadable MP3 of this song can be downloaded HERE and others can be downloaded HERE. You will need to unzip the file to release the MP3. This song is also contained on the new Metabolic Melodies CD available for sale HERE.

Phosphates
Are in nucleotides
I say phosphates
Cover bases inside
I say phosphates
Span the 5 and 3 primes
There’s no need - to - be - real - mixed - up

Bases
Carry info you see
I say bases
Are all complement’ry
I say bases
Like A,T,G and C
They have got - to - be – all - paired - up

It’s fun to play with some B-DNA
It’s got a boatload of G-C-T-A
It’s got everything
A polymerase needs
When you melt all the A’s and T’s

It’s fun to play with some B-DNA
It’s got a boatload of G-C-T-A
You can make RNAs
With a po-ly-mer-ase
Just by pairing up U’s with A’s

Proteins
Full of amino A’s
I say proteins
Come from mRNAs
I say proteins
Require tRNAs
There is more – you - need - to – trans-late

Codons
Like our friend U-A-C
I say codons
Come in clusters of three
I say codons
Have one base wobble –ee
Now you can - go - forth - and - tran-slate

It’s fun to play with some B-DNA
It’s got a boatload of G-C-T-A
With those hydrogen Bs
And right-hand he-li-ces
Anti-par-a-llel fives and threes

It’s fun to play with some B-DNA
It’s got a boatload of G-C-T-A
With those hydrogen Bs
And right-hand he-li-ces
Anti-par-a-llel fives and threes

It’s fun to play with some B-DNA
It’s got a boatload of G-C-T-A
With those hydrogen Bs
And right-hand he-li-ces
Anti-par-a-llel fives and threes