Yes! DNA is a double helix strand that is a full ladder. RNA is that ladder cut in half!
It is only half of what DNA would look like
Normally DNA and RNA are the same length. However RNA has only one half of the two usually duplicate genetic strands of DNA
RNA and DNA work together in a way despite the differences. When your DNA calls for a protein your body needs to make, RNA within a cell has the DNA separate into two 'strands', and the RNA will attach to the other half of the DNA to scan the coded 'message' made of the nitrogen bases; adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine in a specific pattern. This RNA is called messenger RNA. It then floats into the cytoplasm of a cell and transfers the code of a protein to a ribosome; Ribosomes create proteins. As the RNA transfers the coded protein, Transfer RNA comes in and decodes the protein, to slowly build a molecule of that protein. When the molecule is complete and the code is decoded, you get a protein or amino acid. IF YOU'RE WONDERING THE DIFFERENCES: DNA has two strands to make a twisted ladder shape. RNA is a single strand. DNA has the nitrogen bases: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine RNA has: Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Guanine. Adenine in DNA pairs with Thymine. Adenine in RNA pairs with Uracil instead.
DNA ladder is made up of a phosphate group, 5-carbon sugar, and nitrogen bases. 5-carbon sugar is deoxiribose in DNA. these nitrogen bases are adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine. in these nitrogen bases, adenine bonds with thymine, and guanine bonds with cytosin. In this DNA ladder, the phosphate group and 5-carbon sugar act as two sides of the ladder and the middle of the ladder is nitrogen pair bases.-SALMA ABRAHIM(:
The monomers of nucleic acids are called nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of three components: a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA), a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine in DNA, and uracil replaces thymine in RNA).
It is only half of what DNA would look like
like a straight line, I believe
DNA is formed with the bases thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine. RNA is formed with the same bases, only uracil replaces thymine. DNA's bases are connected to a sugar and a phosphate, and the sugar and phosphate are connected to each other- these form the rungs of the ladder. The guanine and adenine bases are each 2 'rings' long. The cytosine and thymine are 1 'ring' long. The bases connect to each other the form the step of the ladder. When you visualize it, the DNA forms a ladder, and when DNA is in it's actual 3D shape, it creates a double helix shape, or something that looks like a twisted ladder. RNA is made up of 3 kinds of RNA: rRNA, mRNA, and tRNA. RNA is also pretty similar to DNA. The main differences are that it is single instead of double stranded and it uses a dioxyribose instead of a sugar.
To effectively interpret a gel electrophoresis ladder, one must compare the bands of DNA or RNA in the sample to the known sizes of the ladder's bands. This allows for determination of the size of the fragments in the sample.
The sugar is called deoxyribose (in RNA it is just ribose). There is also phosphate, which is the answer to your question.
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.
A DNA molecule is in the shape of a double helix. It is also known as a twisted ladder or a spiral staircase. A RNA molecule is in the shape of a single helix, seeing as it is single stranded.
Double stranded, single stranded. DNA can be described as having a double helix structure.
Normally DNA and RNA are the same length. However RNA has only one half of the two usually duplicate genetic strands of DNA
RNA and DNA work together in a way despite the differences. When your DNA calls for a protein your body needs to make, RNA within a cell has the DNA separate into two 'strands', and the RNA will attach to the other half of the DNA to scan the coded 'message' made of the nitrogen bases; adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine in a specific pattern. This RNA is called messenger RNA. It then floats into the cytoplasm of a cell and transfers the code of a protein to a ribosome; Ribosomes create proteins. As the RNA transfers the coded protein, Transfer RNA comes in and decodes the protein, to slowly build a molecule of that protein. When the molecule is complete and the code is decoded, you get a protein or amino acid. IF YOU'RE WONDERING THE DIFFERENCES: DNA has two strands to make a twisted ladder shape. RNA is a single strand. DNA has the nitrogen bases: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine RNA has: Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Guanine. Adenine in DNA pairs with Thymine. Adenine in RNA pairs with Uracil instead.
RNA and DNA work together in a way despite the differences. When your DNA calls for a protein your body needs to make, RNA within a cell has the DNA separate into two 'strands', and the RNA will attach to the other half of the DNA to scan the coded 'message' made of the nitrogen bases; adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine in a specific pattern. This RNA is called messenger RNA. It then floats into the cytoplasm of a cell and transfers the code of a protein to a ribosome; Ribosomes create proteins. As the RNA transfers the coded protein, Transfer RNA comes in and decodes the protein, to slowly build a molecule of that protein. When the molecule is complete and the code is decoded, you get a protein or amino acid. IF YOU'RE WONDERING THE DIFFERENCES: DNA has two strands to make a twisted ladder shape. RNA is a single strand. DNA has the nitrogen bases: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine RNA has: Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Guanine. Adenine in DNA pairs with Thymine. Adenine in RNA pairs with Uracil instead.
NucleotidesNucleotides are the monomers, building blocks, of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). Each nucleotide includes three components: a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogenous base. The phosphate is bonded to the sugar through phosphodiester bonds and makes up the backbone of the molecule. The nitrogenous bases form the "rungs" of the ladder and are connected through hydrogen bonds. The phosphate is the same in DNA and RNA, but the sugar can be a ribose (for RNA) or a deoxyribose (for DNA). The latter is a ribose without "de-" one oxygen "-oxy-". There are four available nitrogenous bases in a DNA's nucleotides: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. RNA nucleotides feature the same bases with the exception of uracil, which replaces thymine. See related links and questions below.