nucleic acid
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1. (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | macromolecule, supermolecule, |
definition | : | any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals (noun.substance) |
part meronym | : | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna, |
definition | : | (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 (noun.substance) |
part meronym | : | ribonucleic acid, rna, |
definition | : | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell (noun.substance) |
domain category | : | biochemistry, |
definition | : | the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry (noun.cognition) |
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