Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Deoxy
ribonucleic acid
(DNA):
A
biopolymer
of
nucleosides
joined by a
phosphodiester group
between the 3' carbon of one
nucleoside
and the 5' carbon of the next
nucleoside
. Can also be considered as a
nucleotide
biopolymer
. Carries the genetic code in all known living organisms.
Representations of DNA
Molecular Structure
A DNA
model
on the set of
The Big Bang Theory
.
Related terms:
Polymer
,
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
,
nucleotide
,
purine
,
pyrimidine
,
adenine
,
cytosine
,
guanine
,
thymine
,
uracil
,
hydrogen bond
,
phosphate
,
furanose
,
ribose
,
deoxyribose
,
primary structure
,
secondary structure
,
tertiary structure
,
supercoil
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