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The DNA and RNA differs in three aspects. Their difference are: RNA has single strand nucleic acid; RNA sugar is ribose while DNA has deoxyribose; and the nucleotides of RNA is uracil while the DNA has thymine.
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∙ 15y agoThe sugar back bone of RNA is composed of ribose molecules while DNA has deoxyribose (the sugar molecule is lacking a hydroxyl group at the 2' position as compared to ribose). DNA is made up of the nucleotides adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine. RNA is also made up of adenine guanine and cytosine, but utilizes uracil instead of thymine. RNA is commonly found to be single stranded as opposed to the double stranded DNA.
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∙ 14y agoThe main difference would be that RNA is single stranded while DNA is a double helix. RNA also has uracil instead of thymine where DNA has thymine to bind to adenine.
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A term reffering to the mass of genetic material found in the nucleus?
Chromatin, which is DNA or RNA and the protiens which help structurally support and chemically neutralise the molecule (DNA and RNA are acid).
Why does DNA molecules differ from the RNA molecules?
Generally the DNA molecule is double stranded to RNA's single strand. The RNA molecule uses uracil as a base while the DNA molecule uses thymine. RNA has catabolic properties that allow it to act in things such a ribosomes and tRNA. DNA is just a carrier of the genetic information.
What are two ways in which RNA structure differs from DNA structure?
Chemically RNA and DNA only differ by a single oxygen atom in each nucleotide. Specifically the sugar group in an RNA nucleotide is the sugar ribose, wherease the sugar group in DNA is deoxyribose. Wikipedia has a nice image showing this here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nucleotides_1.svg Structurally RNA and DNA are also different. DNA exists almost exclusively in a double stranded helix. RNA is typically thought of a single chain that has a far more chaotic structure with the RNA folding back onto itself creating small helical regions where possible. DNA nucleotides contain a different sugar than RNA nucleotides.
How is RNA different from DNA list 3 things?
RNA contains a ribose sugar that ha oxygen while DNA has deoxyribose sugar which does not have oxygen. DNA has the base Thymine, while RNA has the base Uracil. RNA is single stranded while DNA is double stranded in a double helix.
Three ways RNA and DNA differ?
1. The sugar in DNA is deoxyribose and the sugar in RNA is ribose. 2. DNA is a double strand and RNA is single strand. 3. DNA is in the nucleus and RNA travels around from nucleus to cytoplasm. or 1. RNA is generally single stranded 2. RNA contains Uracil in place of Thymine 3. The sugar in RNA is Ribose instead of Deoxribose
Structurally RNA differs from DNA by replacing?
thymine with uracil
How does base pairing differ RNA and DNA?
RNA uses uracil instead of thyminelike DNA does.
A term reffering to the mass of genetic material found in the nucleus?
Chromatin, which is DNA or RNA and the protiens which help structurally support and chemically neutralise the molecule (DNA and RNA are acid).
What base is different in RNA from the bases in DNA?
Both DNA and RNA each contain the bases adenine, cytosine, and guanine. They differ in that DNA contains thymine whereas RNA contains uracil.
In what ways do the chemical structures of DNA and rna differ?
One of the major differences between DNA and RNA is the sugar, with 2-deoxyribose replaced by ribose in RNA. From ChaCha!
Why does DNA molecules differ from the RNA molecules?
Generally the DNA molecule is double stranded to RNA's single strand. The RNA molecule uses uracil as a base while the DNA molecule uses thymine. RNA has catabolic properties that allow it to act in things such a ribosomes and tRNA. DNA is just a carrier of the genetic information.
Why do DNA molecules differ from the RNA molecule?
RNA is ribonucleic acid, which is practically the zipped portion of DNA which is Deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA 'zips' into two halfs and the zipped half is called the RNA. While the DNA is the main component of genetic information RNA is like a coder that is sent to the ribosome to build on and collect protiens.
Why DNA molecules differ from the RNA molecules?
Generally the DNA molecule is double stranded to RNA's single strand. The RNA molecule uses uracil as a base while the DNA molecule uses thymine. RNA has catabolic properties that allow it to act in things such a ribosomes and tRNA. DNA is just a carrier of the genetic information.
How does the sugars in a DNA nucleotide differ from that of an RNA nucleotide?
The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.
How does the sugar in a DNA nucleotide differ from that in a RNA nucleotide?
The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.
How does the sugar in a DNA nucleotide differ from of an RNA nucleotide?
The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.
Rna is chemically similar to DNA except that its sugars have an additional oxygen atom and the base thymine is replace by a structurally similar base called?
A. Uracil
