A nucleic acid molecule contains methylated uracil, it is labeled as
A
Either DNA or RNA
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B
RNA
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C
DNA
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D
RNA of prokaryotes
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Solution
The correct option is C DNA Uracil is also known as 2,4-dioxypyrimidine, which is present in the RNA; if it is methylated we get thymine (5-methyl-2,4-dioxypyrimindine) which is present in the DNA. So the molecule containing methylated uracil will be labeled as DNA.