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desoxyribose nucleic acid

desoxyribose nucleic acid is the archaic form of deoxyribonucleic acid.

Meaning of deoxyribonucleic acid

Noun

deoxyribonucleic acid (countable and uncountable, plural deoxyribonucleic acids)

  1. A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.
    • Meronym: nucleotide

Forms of desoxyribose nucleic acid

pluraldesoxyribose nucleic acids

Questions about desoxyribose nucleic acid

What is desoxyribose nucleic acid the archaic form of?
Desoxyribose nucleic acid is the archaic form of deoxyribonucleic acid.

Words near desoxyribose nucleic acid in the dictionary

  1. desoxyribonucleoside
  2. desoxyribonucleosides
  3. desoxyribonucleotide
  4. desoxyribonucleotides
  5. desoxyribose
  6. desoxyribose nucleic acid
  7. desoxyribose nucleic acids
  8. desoxyriboses
  9. desoxythymidine
  10. desoxyuridine
  11. desoxyxylulose

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