Ribonucleic acid ( RNA ) is a molecule that is present in the majority of living organisms and viruses. It is made up of nucleotides, which are ribose sugars attached to nitrogenous bases and phosphate groups. The nitrogenous bases include adenine, guanine, uracil, and cytosine. RNA mostly exists in the single-stranded form, but there are special RNA viruses that are double-stranded. The RNA molecule can have a variety of lengths and structures . An RNA virus uses RNA instead of DNA as its ... RNA , Ribonucleic acid is a type of nucleic acid involved in protein synthesis. In the present article, we are briefly discussing each type of RNA with its function and general structure . Furthermore, the difference between DNA and RNA is elaboratively described here. Read more: RNA Sequencing- Principle, Steps, Methods and Applications. Ribonucleic acid ( RNA ) is a nucleic acid found in all living cells, often single-stranded, made of nucleotides containing ribose sugars, nitrogenous bases, and phosphate groups. It comes in three types: messenger RNA (mRNA), ribosomal RNA (rRNA), and transfer RNA (tRNA). This page titled 10.4: RNA Structure is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Manolis Kellis et al. (MIT OpenCourseWare) via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.
