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DNA and RNA
DNA and RNA
Guanine bases are always aligned with citosine and adenine are always with
timine.
C-G have always three nitrogen bonds
Sugar deoxyribose
Phosphate gruops
All they together are called nucleotides
Nitrogenous bases
Chargaff´s Rule
The nitrogenous bases are divided into pyrimidines (cytosine and thymine) and
purines (adenine and guanine). pyrimidines have just one ring and purines have
two. A pyrimidine joins with a purine.
The amount of nitrogen bases are not found in equal quantities, but the amount
of A always equalled the amount of T and the amount of C always equalled the
amount of G
DNA characteristics
Each end of DNA molecule has a number. The 3' and 5' designations refer to
the number of carbon atom in the deoxyribose sugar molecule to which a
phosphate group bonds.
The rna: Ribonucleic acid
It is a protein in DNA. Is an one straight molecule and it is also composed by
nucleotides.
The nitrogen bases are the same that DNA has, but instead of thymine, it has uracil
and it is a pyrimidine. Uracil aline to Adenine.
Types of RNA
There are three types of RNA, everyone has a different function.
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Transfer RNA (tRNA)