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CT0-N. The Cell: Nucleic Acids

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    CT0-N. The Cell: Nucleic Acids (contributed by Henry Jakubowski)

    Figure: A Eukaryotic Cell

    Mitochondrion Link Ribosome CellImageMap

    http://torresbioclan.pbworks.com/w/page/22377234/Spikefish%20About%20Cells

    Used with permission from Liliana Torres. Also at http://www.animalport.com/animal-cells.html

    Nucleic acids are polymers of deoxyribonucleotides (DNA) or ribonucleotides (RNA). DNA contains the genetic code that when transcribed into RNA followed by translation of the RNA for around 22,000 protein. Only about 2% of the 3.2 billion base pairs of DNA encodes protein. The function of 80% of the remaining genome has recently been found to regulate the transcription of DNA, mostly through various types of RNA transcribed from the DNA.

    The following site will show you the "life" history of nucleic acids in cells.


    This page titled CT0-N. The Cell: Nucleic Acids is shared under a CC BY-NC 3.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Chris Schaller.

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