NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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Question
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Which of the following is a difference between RNA and DNA?
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The sugar
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The phosphate group
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One of the nitrogenous bases is adenine
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One of the nitrogenous bases is guanine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -DNA is made up of four nitrogenous bases: adenine/A, guanine/G, cytosine/C, and thymine/T, whereas RNA is made up of uracil/U instead of thymine/T. The sugar present in the DNA is deoxyribose while RNA consists of the ribose sugar. Thus, the distinction between RNA and DNA is due to sugar and base.
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