DNA-The Building Blocks of Life!

Date: June 25th, 2017!

Note: Hover over some of the bolded words to understand what they are. (except the first one, 'cause that's kind of what this article is about...)

D.N.A Also known as the Building Blocks of Life. All living organisms have it every little cell. Whether it’s in a brain cell or just a regular skin cell, D.N.A does a lot for our bodies. It helps us to be who we are now. Actually, without it, you wouldn't even exist, much less any living thing on Earth! Okay, so we know that much, but there are a LOT of things we still haven't answered yet. That brings up the question, What is DNA? Let's start from the beginning, shall we?

First of all, DNA is actually an acronym. It stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid. , (so Is suppose it would be D.N.A). It is a double helix shaped Polymer that is extremely important. It's usually (*cough, always) found all wound up in the Nucleus of a cell. The sides are known as the back bones, being made up of Glucose and Phosphate. One side of the double helix is connected to the other by small chemicals called Nucleotides. There are 4 types of Nucleotides, and they each connect to make base pairs. The four types are Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Thymine (T), and Guanine (G). (You probably haven't heard of them before unless you're one of those few people who pay attention in science class.) In order to form base pairs, Adenine is paired up with Thymine, and Cytosine is paired up with Guanine.

DID YOU KNOW?: If all of your DNA in all of your cells were unravelled and attached end to end, the length would be twice the Solar System’s diameter.

You could think of DNA as a recipe for Proteins. When DNA is in the nucleus, it make copies of itself called R.N.A. This is called Translation. The RNA floats out into the Cytoplasm and tries to find a Ribosome. When it does, the RNA is read (and by every 3 letters of the code, ) the ribosome figures out what Amino Acid to get. Finally the protein is made and is used to help the body. ss

So, What is DNA? DNA is what makes you, well..YOU!

Also just to clear it up...

There are a few types of RNA but, they are categorized into 3. They are called: mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA. Messenger RNA is what transports the code from the DNA. Transfer RNA is what transfers the amino acids to the ribosome to make the protein. Ribosomal RNA is what directs the translation of the RNA to proteins. Also, what makes RNA different then DNA is the code, not just the types. In RNA there is no thymine (T), there is only Uracil (U). So (A) bonds with (U) and (C) bonds with (G).

Yeah, it's pretty complicated, but if you are still unsure, go to this website to learn more...