RNA
Structure, Transcription
and Editing
Four RNA Bases
Adenine
NH2
N
NH
Guanine
O
N
NH
NH
N
O
N
NH
Uracil
Cytosine
NH2
NH
N
O
N
NH2
NH
O
The Sugar
HO
OH
O
OH
OH
Ribose
The Nucleotides
A
O
HO
P
O
N
N
O
N
O
HO
N
HO
P
O
N
O
OH
O
N
NH
O
N
O
OH
N
NH2
HO
P
OH
O
U
O
NH
N
O
OH
OH
O
O
OH
G
O
N
OH
OH
OH
P
NH2
C
NH2
OH
OH
OH
O
The
Central
Dogma
Transcription
Transcription is the process by
which RNA is built from a
template of DNA
Transcription
Transcription - Initiation
- RNA Polymerase
Transcription - Elongation
Transcription - Termination
Editing mRNA
Codons
in
RNA