Retarded Writer in need of help!!!!!!!!!!

[El Davisimo]

Hello Super Geniuses (and I mean that in the highest regard),

 

I need some really big help. I have recently been hired to pen the script for a new action/thriller motion picture, based off a very loose treatment. I am in deperate need of help as the central crux is about a drug that allows RNA to communicate with DNA in a way to cure most, if not all, disease, ailments etc etc. Please, if this is prepostuous, try not to demoralize my retardation. I am merely a writer.

 

I have been doing some research online and to be honest, it might as well be written in ancient Greek with heiroglyphics as the footnotes.

 

I am trying to in as simple as terms as possible, understand:

 

A.) The difference between RNA and DNA.

 

B.) Do they comminucate with each other? If so, how? If how, what do they communicate?

 

C.) I understand that proteins are involved, but how?

 

I appreciate any and all help with this matter. You brilliant folk will be saving me from smashing my head into a wall until I am fully labotomized.

 

 

 

Thanks a bunch,

 

David

 

I'm so adjective, I verb nouns.

 

www.gauchefilms.com

 

david@gauchefilms.com

Edited July 15, 2011 by El Davisimo

[pwagen]

I found this explanation, hope it helps. I'm far from a biologist, so can't really help. But honestly, while it's commendable that you're trying to make a scientifically accurate film, keep in mind that science fiction films that break more physical laws than Lord Of The Rings (I'm looking at YOU, Armageddon) can be successful.

 

To better understand RNA, first realize that it is essential for the information in DNA to remain stable. ... Just as a clever computer user avoids being stuck with a corrupt program by making and storing a master copy, cells use copies of their genomic information for the working processes in the cell. These copies are made of ribonucleic acid, RNA.

 

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/Section/What-exactly-does-the-RNA-do-.id-305406,articleId-7904.html

 

Some other links that might help:

http://www.diffen.com/difference/DNA_vs_RNA

http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/biology/what-difference-between-dna-rna

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99410.htm

[El Davisimo]

Thanks Pwagen,

 

This is a good start. I will read this stuff over the weekend.

 

As for Armageddon, you can't blame the writing. It was direted by Michael Bay. He also believes massive robots all want to be GMC vehicles. And all brilliant people know that robots secretly desire to be Lambourghinis.

Edited July 15, 2011 by El Davisimo

[pwagen]

Well, can you blame them? Rather GMC than a Ford!

 

I found another explanation which might explain the interaction between RNA and DNA a little simpler.

 

http://dnaandrna.com/

 

I'm sure someone more knowing in the field will pop in sooner or later to give their own explanation. But until then, see if you can make any sense of the links so far. And remember to send any royalties my way, eh?

[xxSilverPhinxx]

I found this explanation, hope it helps. I'm far from a biologist, so can't really help. But honestly, while it's commendable that you're trying to make a scientifically accurate film, keep in mind that science fiction films that break more physical laws than Lord Of The Rings (I'm looking at YOU, Armageddon) can be successful.

 

 

 

http://www.cliffsnot...cleId-7904.html

 

Some other links that might help:

http://www.diffen.co...ence/DNA_vs_RNA

http://www.enotes.co...between-dna-rna

http://www.newton.de...99/bio99410.htm

 

Hey, LotR is a fantasy picture, so it's immune from any scientific criticisms!

[CharonY]

You should check wiki pages and similar, they give nice overviews. A central element is the flow of information from Protein to RNA to Protein. DNA is the bluepring, from which a part is "copied (transcribed)" to form the RNA and that RNA (termed mRNA) is used as a blueprint to make proteins. Proteins are the workers in a cell responsible for most processes. In reality things are more complicated, of course. There are feedback systems from proteins and RNA that regulate RNA transcription, for instance.

A basic thing to remember is that DNA does not really change (except for chemical modification and a few other exceptions). I.e. RNA or proteins generally do not change DNA sequences, but rather the area and frequency that a specific area is used to transcribe RNA, for instance.

[El Davisimo]

Wow, thanks, CharonY. That helps a bit. I appreciate it.

[jeskill]

If you happen to be a visual learner, there are a lot of youtube videos showing the Central Dogma of molecular biology: how DNA is transcribed into RNA, and then how RNA is translated into proteins: (I originally incorrectly wrote transcribed)

 

This second video discusses HIV reverse transcriptase: how HIV converts single stranded RNA to single stranded DNA to double stranded DNA, and then how this DNA is inserted into a human genome.

Edited July 19, 2011 by jeskill

[El Davisimo]

Wow, Jeskill, I can't thank you enough. Those videos are incredible.

Edited July 19, 2011 by El Davisimo

[jeskill]

Glad to help!