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Adnan Oktar


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             ber of molecules joining together with chemical bonds
             in a regular manner). It has a structural similarity to
             DNA and like DNA, it also carries information. But

             unlike DNA, RNA consists of a single strip.
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                  RNA has an extra oxygen atom in every sugar
             molecule and lacks one carbon atom in every thymine
             base. The absence of oxygen in DNA's sugar molecules
             –that is, the fact that DNA has a deoxyribose sugar struc-
             ture-makes it a more stable molecule than RNA. For that rea-
             son, DNA is the ideal molecule for information storage and is far
             better suited to the long– term storage of data in the cell.
                  Indeed, it is DNA's task to carry
             information that ensures the
             survival of the organ-
             ism and the con-
             tinuation
                                                         Nucleus
                                                         Pore
                 Nucleotide
    The DNA helix
    divides in
    two.




                                                           The mRNA leaves through
                                                           the nucleus pore.
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