Nucleic Acids

sugars and phosphate groups

sugars, phosphate groups, and nitrogenous bases

phosphate groups and nitrogenous bases

composed of two strands that form a helix

composed of a single strand

polynucleotide sequence composed of uratil base

guanine

Adenine

thymine

the sugar in DNA is deoxyribose sugar and the sugar in RNA is ribose sugar

the nitrogen base thymine (T) is present in RNA and uracil (U) is present in DNA

the nitrogen base adenine (A) only present in RNA and uracil (U) only present in DNA

synthesis

translation

transcription

replication

DNA

RNA Polymerase

tRNA

enzyme RNA polymerase

ribosome

tRNA

UAC ACG UUC GUC

TAC ACG TTC GTC

TTC GTC TAC ACG

enzymE RNA polymerase

ribosome

tRNA