Definition of deoxyribonucleic acid

n.1.a nucleic acid, usually of very high molecular weight, consisting of a linear sequence of monomer units of deoxyribonucleotides, occurring in most organisms in pairs of strands, wound together in the form of a double helix; it is the main component of chromosomes and contains the genetic information which is the basis of heredity, transmitted from parent to progeny, and found in all living organisms except for certain viruses which have RNA as their basic genetic material; - usually referred to by the acronym DNA.


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A, adenine, base pair, biochemistry, C, cDNA, cistron, coding DNA, complementary DNA, cytosine, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, exon, factor, G, gene, guanine, intron, jumping gene, junk DNA, nucleic acid, operon, polymer, recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid, recombinant DNA, sticky end, T, thymine, transposon

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