what is 5′ and 3′ in DNA?
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They’re a reference to the carbon in the DNA molecule, specifically its sugar part that forms the backbone. It has two locations that the larger molecule is built out from or attached to other molecules like it, being the 3′ carbon, or the 5′ carbon, with a phosphate group linking each sugar together.
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