What is the difference between RNA and DNA?

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Monzur R.
May 2, 2018

DNA has the base thymine whilst RNA has the base uracil.

Explanation:

This is the main difference between DNA and RNA. Also, RNA is used in DNA replication - mRNA moves from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and tRNA is involved in the synthesis of new DNA.

Dave
May 2, 2018

The other main difference is that Ribose uses a ribose sugar, whereas DNA is actually called 2`-deoxyribonucleic acid, and does not have an OH group at the 2nd carbon on the ribose sugar. This is important for the stability (lessened reactivity) of DNA.

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