click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA#History
2006-11-12 00:39:25
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answered by Anonymous
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Animals use RNA to copy their DNA. It is also used to make protiens. When you have a strand of DNA it is actually two complimentary strands of neucleotides. The RNA polymerase comes in and separates the two stradns but breaking the hydrogen bonds holding them together. Then comes the mRNA. This makes an mRNA strand to compliment the DNA strand. (instead of adnine, thymine, cytocine, and guanine RNA has Adnine, URACIL, cytocine and guanine) then the mRNA strand moves out of the neucleus and into the cytosol where it goes inside a ribosome. there the tRNA comes in and brings what is called an anticodon into the picture. the anticodon is really exactly the same as the original strand of DNA. The only difference is that the anticodon is broken up into three and each set of three has an amino acid attatched to it. Once the DNA strand is complete the amino acids attatch to eachother and drop off the anticodons. This leaves you with a fresh strand of DNA and a strand of amino acids, also known as a protein.
hope this helps you!
2006-11-12 08:45:51
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answered by Anonymous
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RNA is a nucleic acid that plays and important part in the making of proteins.
What does RNA stand for?
RNA is an acronym just like DNA. It stands for RiboNucleic Acid.
What is the function of RNA?
RNA plays an important role in protein synthesis. Messenger RNA replicates the message from the DNA in the nucleus and moves it onto the cytoplasm. Transfer RNA carries the amino acids and adds them to the protein chain.
What does RNA look like?
RNA basically looks like half a DNA strand.
How is RNA different from DNA?
RNA is different from DNA because they have different nitrogen bases (RNA has uracil as a base instead of Thymine), they contain a different sugar molecule, and RNA does a different job then DNA in protein synthesis. Protein synthesis is when the cell uses information from a gene to produce a certain protein. Another difference is that there is only one type of DNA, but two kinds of RNA (messenger RNA and transfer RNA).
2006-11-12 08:40:29
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answered by Rada S 5
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Sorry, my Gibberish to English translator is still broken. RNA has nothing to do with photosynthesis even when someone does spell it correctly. All living cells contain RNA, but not all contain chloroplasts (there's a clue -- run to wikipedia.org and look it up).
2006-11-12 10:04:16
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answered by stevewbcanada 6
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