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DNA / RNA comparison tables – complete tables
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DNA, RNA, Both or Neither
Are nucleic acids
Has A,T, C and G
Has Uracil
Has Deoxyribose
Has Ribose
Has four types of bases to form its code
Is made of amino acids
Is a single strand
Is a double helix
Has the transfer type
Has a 3 letter code
Carries amino acids
Made of chains of nucleotides
Contains a phosphate group
Contains a carboxyl group
Makes up ribosomes
Codes for RNA
Can replicate an exact duplicate of self
RNA FUNCTION
Has the codon
Made in nucleus
Has the anticodon
Made of 4 bases
Forms into ribosomes
A single strand not coiled or looped
Involved in transcription
Involved in translation
Clover leaf shaped
Carries amino acids
Has sequence of 3 letter codes
Involved in protein synthesis
Finds the proper tRNA
Carries the gene code from nucleus
Type (s)of RNA (mRNA, tRNA, rRNA)