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They are named by what structures are attached to it. Based on what sugar (deoxyribose or ribose) and the nitrogen base (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, or uracil), they are able to determine what nucleic acid the nucleotide is part of.

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DNA and RNA are named by their?

structure of chemical compounds. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid and RNA stands for ribonucleic acid.


What part of the DNA molecules is DNA named after?

DNA is named DNA because it is de-oxy ribo nucleic acid. In contrast to RNA, DNA doesnt have 2'-oxygen in the ribose sugar hence it is stable than RNA. Chemically DNA is the same for any genes that code for different proteins.


What component of DNA and RNA was named for the bird poop in which it was originally found?

Guanine


What enzyme transcribes DNA?

The enzyme that transcribes the DNA into RNA is called RNA polymerase.


What is the name of the nucleotides have no DNA and no RNA?

Nucleotides do not have DNA or RNA. DNA and RNA are composed of nucleotides.


What is the substance in RNA but not DNA?

An uracil base is in RNA but not in DNA


What base does RNA have that DNA does not have?

RNA has the base uracil that DNA does not have.


Retroviruses are so named because they?

because they reverse the usual DNA-to-RNA flow of genetic information in the process called transcription


Are DNA and RNA carbohydrates?

Yes, DNA and RNA have different sugar . DNA contains deoxyribose sugar whereas RNA consists of ribose sugar, which are completely different from each other.


What are the 30 differences between DNA and RNA?

Comparing DNA and RNA, some key differences include: DNA is double-stranded, while RNA is single-stranded; DNA contains deoxyribose sugar, RNA contains ribose sugar; DNA has thymine base, RNA has uracil base; DNA is found in the nucleus, RNA is found in the cytoplasm; DNA is stable, RNA is less stable; DNA is the genetic material, RNA is involved in protein synthesis. These are just a few of the many distinctions between DNA and RNA.


Which neuclitides found in RNA not in DNA?

Uracil is a nucleotide found in RNA but not in DNA. In RNA, uracil replaces thymine, which is found in DNA.


Is DNA shorter then RNA?

No... DNA is much longer than RNA.