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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: nucleic acid (0.00969 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nucleic acid
nucleic acid
n : (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of
nucleotid chains that are vital constituents of all
living cells
English → English (gcide)
Definition: nucleic acid
nucleic acid
\nu*cle“ic ac”id\ (n[=oo]*kl[=a]"[i^]k [a^]s"[i^]d
or n[=oo]*kl[=e]"[i^]k), n. (Chem., Biochem., Genetics)
A natural or synthetic polymer consisting of chains of
ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide units.
Note: The nucleic acids are vital constituents of all living
cells, carrying the genetic information propagated
between generations, and, while a cell is alive, having
a continued function in coding for the amino acid
sequence of proteins being synthesized by the cell. The
two natural types of nucleic adic are
ribonucleic acid
(RNA) and
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
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