RNA

• WHAT ARE RNA NUCLEOTIDES MADE OUT OF?

  phosphate group, ribose sugar, nitrogen-containing base
• WHAT NITROGEN-CONTAINING BASES DOES RNA HAVE?

  A, U, C, G
• WHAT IS RNA?

  polymer of nucleotides
• PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RNA COMPARED TO DNA?

  • relatively short
  • single-stranded
• FUNCTION OF RNA?

  transfer genetic code from DNA in nucleus to ribosomes (also rRNA combines with protein to produce ribosomes)