Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Nucleic
acid
:
A
molecule
or
ion
containing one or more
nucleotides
.
DNA
,
RNA
, and
ATP
are all nucleic
acids
.
A four
nucleotide
portion of single-helix
DNA
.
Related terms:
Nucleoside
,
biopolymer
,
ribofuranose
,
adenine
,
cytosine
,
guanine
,
thymine
,
uracil
,
Lewis acid
,
Bronsted acid
,
Bronsted-Lowry acid
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