Description
Ribonucleic acid, in short RNA, is a nucleic acid similar to DNA, with the difference that it is only one single strand. Like DNA, it is composed of so-called nucleotides based on sugar, phosphate and bases (adenine + uracil, guanine + cytosine). There are various types of RNA with different functions. All of them are important for the creation of a new protein in a process called protein biosynthesis.