1 nucleotide contains:
     1 deoxyribose sugar
     1 phosphate group
     1 nitrogenous base
​              (A,T,C,G)

Translation
  is when amino acids are            lined up in a particular              order using RNA as a
  template.

 Transcription
  is when RNA is assembled        using DNA as a template

What's RNA?

 Transcription (in the nucleus):
 RNA is assembled using DNA
             as a template

 DNA ladder unzips at particular
 "recipe" (gene) for a protein

 RNA nucleotides are matched to the
 template strand: C matched to G
                                G matched to C
                                A matched to T
                                U matched to A 

 Completed RNA detaches and
​ leaves the nucleus  

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Translation (in the ribosome/cytoplasm)
  amino acids are lined up in a particular
  order using RNA as a template.

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​ DNA is a polymer composed of 
 monomers called nucleotides.





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There are 4 DNA nucleotides. 
 A = Adenine
 T = Thymine
 C = Cytosine
 G = Guanine








 These nucleotides covalently 
 bond along the backbone of the
 DNA ladder. The phosphate of
 one nucleotides bonds to the sugar
 of the nucleotide above it. The
 nucleotides also hydrogen bond
 along the rungs of the DNA ladder.
 A hydrogen bonds to T
​ C hydrogen bonds to G   

 RNA is assembled from RNA   nucleotides using DNA as a   template.

 The four RNA nucleotides are:
 Adenine
 Cytosine
 Guanine and
  Uracil instead of Thymine  

                                                                             DNA 
  Structure & Function 

What is DNA?