Differentiate between DNA and RNA - Vidyadip

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Differentiate between DNA and RNA

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	DNA		RNA
1.	Sugar moiety is deoxy ribose	1.	Sugar moiety is ribose
2.	Uracil is absent	2.	Thymine is usually absent
3.	Double stranded molecules both run in opposite directions	3.	Single stranded molecules
4.	Sum of purine and pyrimidine bases are equal G+C = A+T	4.	Sum of purine and pyrimidine bases are not equal G + C = A +T
5.	Bases are not modified	5.	Bases are modified
6.	Resistant to alkali hydrolysis	6.	Highly susecptible to alkali hydrolysis
7.	No calalytic activity	7.	Some are catalytically active
8.	Mostly DNA is present in nucleus and also in mitochondria	8.	Present in nucleolus and cytoplasm

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