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NUCLEIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nucleic acid" is a kind of...):
macromolecule; supermolecule (any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals)
Domain category:
biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)
Holonyms ("nucleic acid" is a part of...):
deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((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)
ribonucleic acid; RNA ((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)
Context examples:
This agent may also interfere with the biosynthesis of nucleic acids.
(Chloroquine, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of substance that may be described as a stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric single molecular entity and is not a protein or nucleic acid substance.
(Chemical Substance Excluding Protein or Nucleic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of footprinting technique used to define the location of protein-nucleic acid contacts at the base pair level in nucleic acids.
(Chemical Interference, NCI Thesaurus)
Autoantigens are proteins, nucleic acids, or complexes of both.
(Autoantigen, NCI Thesaurus)
The branch of nucleic acid biochemistry concerned with the properties and actions of enzymes.
(Nucleic Acid Biochemistry, Enzymology, NCI Thesaurus)
It consists of a CAPSID plus enclosed nucleic acid.
(Nucleocapsid Protein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Research into natural and artificial means for synthesis of nucleic acids.
(Nucleic Acid Biochemistry, Synthesis, NCI Thesaurus)
In chemistry and biology, a compound that binds specific substances, such as proteins or nucleic acids.
(Affinity reagent, NCI Dictionary)
Antineoplastic antibiotics can interfere with the normal function of cellular nucleic acids and proteins.
(Antineoplastic antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)
Biosynthesis and catabolism of nucleic acids and their subunits
(Nucleotide Metabolic Process, NCI Thesaurus)
