DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
Making your smile and everything else~
DNA~!
DNA is short and more easily said than DeoxyriboNucleic Acid. DNA makes up you and every Eukayotic cell. Made up of sugars , phosphates , and nucleic acids.
In other words... DNA is awesome.
In other words... DNA is awesome.
WHAT DNA DOES
DNA is "in charge of"
-Heredity
-Replication
and
-Protein production
-Heredity
-Replication
and
-Protein production
Heredity
Heredity is your genes, or genetic make-up. It colours your eyes, hair, skin... It makes you, you!
DNA Replication
Genes are unwinded and copied to create new strands of DNA. Mitosis and Meiosis need DNA, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
DNA Replication Process [3D Animation]
Protein production
Protein production is done when RNA breaks off of the DNA and flows out of the nucleus to a ribosome to make proteins.
Where DNA is found
DNA is found in the cell's nucleus. It's all coiled up around itself. It sort of resembles Ramen Noodles (If you ask me).
RNA
RNA is little pieces of DNA. RNA comes off of DNA, goes through to the cytoplasm where ribosomes are and make proteins.
DNA Structure
DNA structure is very simple and very complicated. Its lined with Phosphates and Sugars. Nucleic Acids fill up the inside of the double helix shape.
A- Adenine
T- Thymine
G- Guanine
C- Cytosine
A- Adenine
T- Thymine
G- Guanine
C- Cytosine
Types of RNA
- m(essanger)RNA carries instructions to make proteins
- t(ransfer)RNA carries specific amino acids
- r(ibosomal)RNA is part of ribosomes