Saturday, November 5, 2011

DNA ....help me please i have a huge test 10 pts!!! i promise?

RNA stands for ribonucleic acid and it is the direct product of DNA via transcription. mRNA is messenger RNA that carries information that encode for proteins. tRNAs are transfer RNAs that are involved with translation. rRNAs are ribosomal RNA that form the ribosomes. RNA is single stranded while DNA is typically double stranded in eukaryotes. Also, thymine (T) is not present in RNA and uracil (U) is not present in DNA. A base pairs with T and C base pairs with G because this allows for a constant distance between the 2 strands of the double helix. This stabilizes the DNA. In RNA, thymine is not present so A base pairs with U instead. Both U and T are pyrimidines.

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