Differences between DNA and RNA
DNA | RNA |
Double stranded helix (anti-parallel) | Single stranded | Bases are G,C,A,T | Bases are G,C,A,U | Sugar is deoxyribose | Sugar is ribose | Replicates from self (semi-conservative). New strand growsfrom 5' to 3' | Transcribed from DNA template (anti-sense strand) |
Purines (big groups) | Pyrimidines (small groups) | |
Base pairs | G -------- | -------- C |
A -------- | -------- T |
Purines (big groups) | Pyrimidines (small groups) | |
Base pairs | G -------- | -------- C |
A -------- | -------- U |
Note: U replaces T