Question

Fill in the following blanks with appropriate options.

(A) Information present in the DNA is transcribed in the form of codons in ____(i)______ for protein synthesis.

(B) __(ii)_______is a constituent of ribosomes.

(C) Around 80% of the total cellular RNA is ___(iii)____.

(D) ____(iv)______ carries amino acids to the ribosomes and mRNA to carry out protein synthesis.

Answer 1

RNA stands for ribonucleic acid. It is a polynucleotide chain made of many 5-C compound ribose sugars, phosphates and nitrogenous bases (purines and pyrimidines).

There are different types and forms of RNA like rRNA, mRNA, tRNA etc.
The major differences between them are tabulated below.