Nucleic Acids

Nucleic Acids store hereditary information and that information is for making all the body's proteins. There are two types: DNA and RNA. DNA stands for Dioxyribonucleic Acid and has double strands known as a double helix. RNA stands for Ribonucleic Acid and has only one strand. A nucleic acid consists of a sugar, phosphate, and base, and are polymers of nucleotides. The bases for DNA are Adenine & Thymine, and Guanine & Cytosice. For RNA, the pairs are the same, but Thymine is replaced by Uracil.