(biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell

plural of nucleic acid

(biochemistry) An analog of RNA in which the sugar component is threose—considered to be a primordial precursor to RNA

(biochemistry) A synthetic nucleic acid; an analogue of DNA in which the sugar backbone is glycerol or a related glycol

(biochemistry, genetics) a synthetic form of RNA, in which the ribose is modified to be locked into a specific conformation by adding extra chemical bonding.

(genetics, archaic) ribonucleic acid

(genetics) Archaic form of deoxyribonucleic acid.

(genetics, archaic) deoxyribonucleic acid

(biochemistry) A synthetic organic polymer similar to DNA or RNA; the sugar backbone of nucleic acids is replaced by N-(2-aminoethyl)-glycine linked through peptide bonds - considered a possible precursor to RNA

A spheroidal compound composed of a central spherical scaffold upon which nucleic acid strands are attached, like hair on a ball.