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    This article goes over some of the basic principles of DNA and RNA. DNA an RNA are the two types of nucleic acids as outlined in this essay. As you can see, a diagram of the two are provided on Page 3.

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    Nabil Ahmed Khatri: The Vital Nucleic Acids

    There are many vital substances in the world with jobs to let living things survive.

    Organic compounds, fall under these substances, are compounds whose molecules

    contain carbon. Nucleic acids are organic compounds. Nucleic acids are made up of

    phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon. The main job of nucleic acids is to store and

    transmit genetic information. Monomer units of nucleic acids are called nucleotides. In

    general, there are two types of nucleic acids, though similar, they have their differences.

    Nucleic acids play a vital role in the survival of living things and without them, these

    things would cease to exist.

    The main job of nucleic acids is to store and transmit genetic information.

    Generally as noted before, there are two types of nucleic acids. There is RNA and there is

    also DNA. RNA stands for ribonucleic acid. On the other hand, DNA stands for

    deoxyribonucleic acid. It is quite ironic that even though people refer to DNA as very

    powerful, the survival of DNA lays on RNA. RNA is vital because without it, the DNA

    molecule would not be able to control all the activities of cells in an organism. Even

    though both are nucleic acids, they also have different structures in comparison. For

    example, DNA is made of many strands as many people know it to be. On the other hand,

    the RNA is made of one single strand. DNA contains genetic instructions for the body to

    use. DNA is vital before a baby’s birth, as well as through the progression of all living

    things. DNA has all the instructions written out for the body to use to grow, reproduce,

    etc. But RNA is different. RNA is actually the site of protein synthesis. In a cell, protein

    synthesis occurs within the nucleolus. Protein synthesis is another process vital to the

    survival of a cell.

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    Nabil Ahmed Khatri: The Vital Nucleic Acids

    Monomer units of nucleic acids are called nucleotides. Nucleotides are composed

    of a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, as well as a nitrogenous base. There are four

    different nitrogenous bases and each is found in a DNA molecule. These four types

    include adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine. In a typical pair of bases, a cytosine is

    always attached to a guanine while an adenine is always attached to a thymine. As said

    before, the structures of DNA and RNA are similar but they do differ in structural ways

    said before. For example, RNA is a single-stranded molecule in most of its biological

    roles, not all. Also RNA has a much shorter chain of nucleotides. Also, while DNA

    contains deoxyribose, respectively labeled DNA, RNA contains ribose, respectively

    labeled RNA. Certain hydroxyl groups make RNA less stable than DNA because it is

    more vulnerable or prone to hydrolysis. Furthermore, the corresponding base to adenine

    is not thymine, as it is in DNA, but rather uracil.

    Nucleic acids play a vital role in the survival of living things and without

    them, these things would cease to exist. Nucleic acids are important, just like any other

    macromolecules that include carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. In general, there are two

    types of nucleic acids, though similar, they have their differences. Nucleic acids are made

    up of phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon. The main job of nucleic acids is to store

    and transmit genetic information. Monomer units of nucleic acids are called nucleotides.

    Organic compounds, fall under these substances, are compounds whose molecules

    contain carbon. Therefore, there are many vital substances in the world with jobs to let

    living things survive, just like nucleic acids.

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    Nabil Ahmed Khatri: The Vital Nucleic Acids

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