Nucleic acid

Introduction: Nucleic acid

Description of Nucleic acid

Nucleic acid: A family of macromolecules, of molecular masses ranging upward from 25,000, found in the chromosomes, nucleoli, mitochondria, and cytoplasm of all cells, and in viruses; in complexes with proteins, they are called nucleoproteins. On hydrolysis they yield purines, pyrimidines, phosphoric acid, and a pentose, either d-ribose or d-deoxyribose; from the last, the nucleic acids derive their more specific names, ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid. Nucleic acids are linear (i.e., unbranched) chains of nucleotides in which the 5'-phosphoric group of each one is esterified with the 3'-hydroxyl of the adjoining nucleotide.
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Nucleic acid: naturally occurring or synthetic polynucleotides; DNA or RNA.
Source: CRISP

Nucleic acid: High molecular weight polymers containing a mixture of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides chained together by ribose or deoxyribose linkages.
Source: MeSH 2007

Nucleic acid: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Nucleic acid:

• Acid

Terms associated with Nucleic acid:

More specific terms for Nucleic acid:

• DNA
• Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes
• RNA
• Nucleic Acid Probes

Source - MeSH 2007

• antisense nucleic acid
• DNA
• peptide nucleic acid
• RNA
• synthetic nucleic acid

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Nucleic acid

• polynucleotide

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Nucleic acid:

• molecular genetics

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Nucleic acid

The following list attempts to classify Nucleic acid into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
  • Nucleic Acids

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