Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Of biochemistry and polymer. May also be referred to as DNA and desoxyribonucleic acid.
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules".
This concept's ID is @1~74975
Ribonucleic Acid
- A
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in...
- C
A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine.
- G
A purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine.
- nucleic acid
(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are...
Also contains
- gene
Tics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions...
- complementary DNA
Single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been...
- operon
A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene...
- T
A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.
- episome
DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome...
- intron
Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein.
- exon
Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed...
- recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid
Genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA...
- junk DNA
Stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA".
- base pair
One of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary...
- transposon
A segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome...
- sticky end
An end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the...