What is the Difference between DNA and RNA?
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DNA has the original code (for proteins) and RNA is the copy(of DNA) that leaves from the nucleus. Because DNA can't leave the nucleus so RNA copies the "code" from DNA.
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mRNA:\n\nRNA that serves as a template for protein synthesis\n\nDNA:\n\nThe material inside the nucleus of cells that carries genetic information. The scientific name for DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid.
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Short answer: different DNA coding eventually leads to a different protein being made, with a different structure.\n\nexplanation:\n\nDNA codes for the proteins we and all living organisms make. Different nucleotide sequences in the DNA will lead to different proteins being synthesized.\n\nThis is the process of protein synthesis in short:\nDNA --> mRNA --> tRNA --> amino acid chain --> protein.\n\nDNA- doesn’t leave nucleus. it is transcribed to mRNA. \n\nmRNA- messenger RNA directs which sequence of amino acids in translation.\n\nrRNA- ribosomal RNA, the location of the protein synthesis.\n\ntRNA- transport RNA; this has an ANTICODON that will match up to the CODON (group of three nucleotides); adds an amino acid to the amino acid chain. the amino acid it adds on is specified by the codon. for example, if the codon read GUA [I hope you're familliar with the whole ATGC DNA stuff...], then the anticodon, which is complimentary to the codon, would read CAU, and also carry the amino acid (in this case, valine). DNA is usually very long, so many codons will match up with many anticodons on the tRNA, which will then "drop off", or add another amino acid to the chain.\nThe order of the amino acids will affect the way that amino acid chain bonds to itself-- it will twist (or whatever it does) in a certain way, which will affect its shape.\nShape affects the function of the protein.\n\nThe reason that hemoglobin and hair have different structures is because they are composed of the same amino acids (there are only about 20 amino acids), BUT the amino acids are in a different order, which was specified earlier by the DNA.
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DNA=Deoxy Ribon Nucleic Acid.\n\nits the material in a nuclei i n a nucleus, in acell that stores the cells information.\n\n~LG23~
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The last answerer was correct in that the central theory is:\nDNA makes RNA makes protein. \n\nBut, besides prions, there is another very important exception:  RNA can make DNA via a polymerase called "reverse transcriptase" which is present in viruses known as retroviruses, including HIV.
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For DNA and RNA:\nhttp://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=63\n\nOn fats:\nhttp://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/Courses/ns421/Fats.html\n\nBy the way, DNA is a nucleic acid, but so is RNA\nDNA has deoxyribose sugar, while RNA has ribose\nDNA has adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine bases, while RNA has adenine, URACIL, guanine and cytosine.\nDNA is the "blueprint" and stays in the nucleus\nRNA has 3 types, messenger, transfer, and ribosomal\n\nHope this helps!!!
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There are both structural and functional differences between DNA and RNA. \nThe structure of the nucleotids that form each molecule is different (DNA has desoxyribose and RNA has 'normal' ribose); and while DNA is formed by the combination of the nucleotids Adenine, Timine, Citosine and Guanine, RNA has Adenine, Citosine, Guanine, but Uracil instead of Timine.\n\nThey also differ in their 3-D structure: DNA is a double strand forming a helix, and RNA is single stranded, with different shapes according to the types of RNA. \n\nThat's another difference: there are 3 distinct types of RNA (transfer RNA or RNAt, ribosomic RNA or RNAr, and messenger RNA or RNAm). These three types have different functions and are found in different parts of the cell; they're smaller molecules that can go outside the cell nucleus, whereas the large DNA molecule stays within the nucleus and has a single function: provide and perpetuate the genetic information of the individual.
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DNA is an acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid. Nucleic acid is a substance in the nucleus of a cell. The nucleus is part of the cell separated from the rest of the cell by a membrane. DNA can be found in the cells of all organisms. This includes animals, plants, and all other living things. DNA contains the genetic code of the organism. This code is based on the code from that organism's parents. DNA also helps in protein synthesis.\n\nDNA is shaped like a double helix, which is like a ladder twisted into a spiral. Each "leg" of the "ladder" is a line of nucleotides. A nucleotide is a molecule made of ribose (a 5 carbon sugar), a phosphate group, (which is made of phosphorus and oxygen), and a Nitrogen base. Each nucleotide has one of four kinds of bases.\n\nadenine (A) \nthymine (T) \ncytosine (C) \nguanine (G) \n\nA gene is made of DNA.  Bacteria and viruses have DNA too.  The DNA molecule is shaped like a twisted ladder.  A half DNA ladder is a template for copying the whole. RNA is an intermediary between DNA and protein.    gene is a discrete sequence of DNA nucleotides.A chromosome is a package for DNA.   Some DNA does not encode protein.  Some DNA can jump.    DNA responds to signals from outside the cell.    DNA is only the starting point for understanding human biology.\nVR
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DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid \nRNA - ribonucleic acid
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Nucleic acids are acidic macromolecules found in the nucleus of a cell. They are DNA and RNA. The monomer of a nucleic acid is a nucleotide. It consists of a sugar (ribose for RNA or beoxyribose for DNA) a phosphate and a base. The four possible bases are (for DNA): Adenine, Guaniner, Cytosine, and Thymine. In RNA Thymine is replaced with Uracil, and the other 3 remain the same. Because there are four types of bases, there are four types of nucleotides.Since the phosphate and the sugar and constant, they are the backbone of a nucleotide. When nucleotides bond to form a long chain (a polynucleotide), the chain is a strand of DNA (which is double-stranded) or RNA (single-stranded). \nHope this helps ;-)
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid —usually in the form of a double helix— that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life, and most viruses. DNA is a long polymer of nucleotides and encodes the sequence of the amino acid residues in proteins using the genetic code, a triplet code of nucleotides\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dna
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DNA->RNA->Polypeptide->Protein
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you will find DNA ONLY in the nucleus....you will find RNA in mitochandria...but RNA is in a lot of places also it depends wut kind of RNA you're talking about b/c that can help you understand the location...i'm not sure about the last one
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transcription in cells makes RNA copies of DNA.
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its deoxyribose:  DNA is an acronym for deoxyribo-nucleic-acid\nwhereas; RNA stands for ribo-nucleic-acid, and contains ribose, instead of deoxyribose.
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RNA is short hand for Ribonucleic Acid. RNA has a similar structural appearance to DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid). You can read about the chemical structure at the site referenced below.\n\nRNA crops up in several different cell locales from the nucleus to the ribosomes and appears to serve in a variety of cell roles. The basic function most often noted is that of a messenger or transfer template upon which proteins are built. The information for this construction comes from the DNA which unzips long enough for these RNA templates to be formed.\n\nThe less noted ribosomal RNA may well be more important in that the ribosomes are protein factories.  And protein manufacturing is kind of where it is at.  It just that text book writers have to draw the line somewhere on how much information about how many cell types is going to be discussed.  If we are talking the brain cells for instance there is some evidence to suggest RNA might well play a part in memory formation.  \n\nThis is seriously cooked down discussion of a key chemical player in cellular dance of life. If you take up where your book left off I suggest a visit to your local library. The subject area you want is biochemistry or molecular biology.  For the latest info your next step would be to hit the stacks in your local university library to review the science journals.  Citation index is big help here.
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You're going to have to be more specific.\n\nThere's mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA if you're answering questions from a biology textbook and are too lazy to learn the answer yourself.\n\nmRNA = messenger RNA\ntRNA = transcriptional RNA\nrRNA = ribosomal RNA\n\nThere's also miRNA and siRNA, which are genetic regulator molecules and could thus be considered not "true" RNA, but they're clearly labeled RNA.