DNA, known to biochemistry geeks and molecular
biologists as Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA Stores Information
This is the information center of the
cell. It contains instructions for the cell that describe how to reproduce, how
to communicate, how to maintain itself, how to eat, how to sleep—put simply,
what the inputs and outputs of the cell should be. The DNA performs the same function in a cell
that blueprints, and managers play
in a factory. Blueprints determine how
the machinery is put together, and managers
decide which machines and hardware to keep in the factory. DNA provides
both functions by determining which proteins are created, and how those proteins
are structured.