RNA-Ribonucleic Acids

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Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is a nucleic acid very similar to DNA. Its structure is the same, although it is usually found single-stranded instead of double stranded like DNA. In place of deoxyribose, RNA has ribose, and in place of the base thymine, RNA has uracil. But with all these structural similarities to DNA, the function can’t differ too much either, right? That assumption couldn’t be more wrong.

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Date Of Record Release	2009-09-03 13:47:23
Description	Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is a nucleic acid very similar to DNA. Its structure is the same, although it is usually found single-stranded instead of double stranded like DNA. In place of deoxyribose, RNA has ribose, and in place of the base thymine, RNA has uracil. But with all these structural similarities to DNA, the function can’t differ too much either, right? That assumption couldn’t be more wrong.
Classification	Education and Training Resources -- Texts, Manuals, Other Media Medical Health Laboratory Services -- Genetics
Resource Type	Article/Journal
Format	Text
Subject	Biology Genetics Ribonucleic acid (RNA) Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Source	ThinkQuest
Keyword	RNA
Date Of Record Creation	2009-09-03 13:44:05
Education Level	K - 12
Date Last Modified	2009-10-12 15:56:45
Language	English

Date Record Checked: 2009-09-03 00:00:00 (W3C-DTF)

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