English Dictionary

nucleic acid

IPA（発音記号）

/njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(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

日本語の意味

核酸：リン酸、糖、プリンおよびピリミジン塩基からなる繰り返し単位を持つ酸性の鎖状生体高分子で、遺伝情報の保存、複製、発現に関与する。

The researcher extracted a small fragment of nucleic acid to sequence and analyze its genetic information.

研究者は遺伝情報を配列決定して解析するために、核酸の小さな断片を抽出した。

意味（1）

(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

nucleic acids （ plural ）