Nucleic acid
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Narrower Terms
antisense nucleic acid, DNA, peptide nucleic acid, RNA, synthetic nucleic acid
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Scope Note
naturally occurring or synthetic polynucleotides; DNA or RNA.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Microarray Slides Nucleic Acid Is.
- PNA or peptide nucleic acid is a DNA mimic with a pseudopeptide backbone.
- A nucleic acid is a complex, high-molecular-weight biochemical macromolecule composed of nucleotide chains that convey genetic information.
- What is this chemical group? I need to be able to illustrate clearly why NUCLEIC ACID is not the correct answer to this question but NUCLEOTIDE is.
- It’s free! This means that if nucleic acid is required for microbial identification from an unknown mixture then only one extraction is required.
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