What is the difference between DNA and RNA?

Question

I know that they stand for deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid, but what is the difference between them besides their name?

Answer 1

The structure:

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(yes I know it's ribose not the nucleic acid, but be smart and figure out the rest.)

Many functional differences as well.

Answer 2

theres a D in DNA and a R in RNA, but they have NA in common 8-)

Answer 3

Im pretty sure RNA is the  3 codon long sequence of DNA after it has been decoded, atleast thats what is popping in my mind. I could be wrong though.

Answer 4

They are both made up of a 5 carbon sugar, a nitrogenous base and a phosphoric acid (phosphate group).

DNA and RNA differ in the types of pentose sugar they contain, DNA contains deoxyribose, where RNA contains ribose. The difference between deoxyribose and ribose is that the hydroxyl group (-OH) at carbon 2 is replaced by a hydrogen atom.

Answer 5

Both DNA and RNA are made up of the same ingredients -- a phosphate groups, a nitrogenous base, and a 5 carbon sugar. DNA has a Hydrogen (H) group at the second carbon of the sugar and RNA has a Hydroxy Group (-OH). This is why DNA is called deoxyribose. DNA is found in the nucleus and contains genes. It is often referred to as the blueprints of life. DNA make RNA, and RNA goes on to make proteins. DNA uses different bases than RNA. DNA uses Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Thymine (T), and Guanine (G). The A pairs up with the T and the C pairs up with the G. RNA uses the same bases, except Thymine. Thymine is replaced with Uracil (U). So for RNA, A pairs with U and G pairs with C.

Answer 6

They also differ in the nucleotides that make them up -

DNA contains Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G), Thymine (T)

RNA Conatins A, C, G, but Uracil (U) instead of Thymine.