nucleic acids

• what is nucleic acid

  very large organic compounds that transfer genetic information and determine types of proteins produced by the cell
• DNA


  made up of deoxyribose sugar

  double-stranded sugar phosphate
• RNA


  made up of ribose sugar

  single stranded sugar phosphate

  single nucleobase

  base pair
• DNA nucleobases 


  cytosine

  guanine

  adenine

  *thymine
• RNA nucleobases


  cytosine

  guanine

  adenine

  *uracil