comparing DNA and RNA

• What pentose is found in DNA?

  deoxyribose
• Which pentose is found in RNA?

  ribose
• which purine bases are found in both dna and rna

  adenine and guanine
• Which pyrimidine bases are found in RNA?

  cytosine and Uracil
• Which pyrimidine bases are found in dna

  Cytosine and Thymine
• How many stands are in RNA?

  1
• how many stands are in dna

  2
• what is shorter dna or rna


  rna
• where is rna located

  nucleus and cytoplasm
• where is DNA in the nucleus

  bound to a histone protein
• what is a histone protein

  this is a type of protein found in chromosomes, that are bound to dna
• where are hydrogen bonds found in dna

  between complementary nitrogen bases
• where are hydrogen bonds founs in rna

  between complementary bases when the single strands fold in trna