\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{elrchqt} \pdfinfo{ /Title (nucleic-acids.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (elrchqt) /Subject (Nucleic Acids Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{FFB3C6} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FFECF0} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Nucleic Acids Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{elrchqt} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/192193/cs/39968/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}elrchqt \\ \uline{cheatography.com/elrchqt} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 30th August, 2023.\\ Updated 22nd August, 2023.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Nucleic Acids}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ac\}\}Biomolecule of {\emph{heredity}} & proteom - whole protein in all living things \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}Nitrogenous Base \newline Sugar Moiety \newline Phosphate} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.78712 cm} x{2.18988 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{STRUCTURES}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Nitrogenous Base}} & {\bf{Sugar Moiety}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pyrimidine & 2-Deoxyribose \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cytosine & Ribose \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Uracil} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Thymine} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Purine} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Adenine} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Guanine} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.28156 cm} p{0.77809 cm} x{2.51735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{FORMS OF DNA}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{B-DNA}} & {\bf{A-DNA}} & {\bf{Z-DNA}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 10 bp & 11 bp & 12 bp \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Right handed & Right \seqsplit{handed} & Left handed \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} major \& minor groove & & alternating G-C sequence in alcohol or high salt solution \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{Anti parallel} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{Chargaff's rule \newline -for double stranded, \%A =\%T and \%G=\%C} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DNA Location}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/elrchqt_1692673631_dna loc.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Structure of DNA}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{DNA is long polymer of nucleotides} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Phosphodiester linkage between 3' and 5'} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Hbond of nitrogenous base} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Anti-Parallel} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.9954 cm} x{3.9816 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DNA ORGANIZATION}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Nucleosome} & -Fundamental Unit \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & -(+) Histone and (-) DNA \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Histone & -present in quantities that their total mass in chromatin \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & -high proportion of positively charged AA \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.34379 cm} x{3.63321 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{NUCLEOSOMES : BEADS ON A STRING}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Arrangement}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Nucleosome} & -basic structural unit of chromatin \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Chromatin Fiber & -coiled and condensed to form chromosomes \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Loops & -chromatin fiber folded into loops \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Chromosome} & -H2A, H2B, H3,H4 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{1.39356 cm} x{3.58344 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{BASE PAIRING}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} A= T & Apple in Tree \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} C = G & Car in Garage \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{A- Adenine \newline T- Thymine \newline C- Cytosine \newline G- Guanine} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.43873 cm} x{2.53827 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Bases of DNA and RNA}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{{\emph{DNA}}}} & {\bf{{\emph{RNA}}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Adenine , Thymine & Adenine , Uracil \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cytosine , Guanine & Guanine , Cytosine \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{This is {\bf{Complementary Bases}} \newline A-T has 2 Hbonds \newline C-G has 3 Hbonds} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.84149 cm} x{3.13551 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{TYPES OF RNA}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{mRNA}} & -{\emph{messenger RNA}}\{\{nl\}\}-premature, code for proteins\{\{nl\}\}-blueprint \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{rRNA}} & -{\emph{ribosomal RNA}}\{\{nl\}\}-most abundant , basic structure of ribosome \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{tRNA}} & -{\emph{transfer RNAs}}\{\{nl\}\}-adaptor between mRNA and AA \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{snRNA}} & -{\emph{small nuclear RNA}}\{\{nl\}\}-spilicing of pre-mRNA \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{snoRNA}} & -{\emph{small nucleolar RNA}}\{\{nl\}\}-modify rRNA \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{other noncoding RNA}} & -e.g. telemore synthesis\{\{nl\}\}-X chromosome inactivation\{\{nl\}\}-transport of proteins into ER \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}