nucleic acid
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web - Nucleic acids are biological molecules essential for known forms of life on
Earth. They include DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid). Together with proteins, nucleic acids are the most important
biological macromolecules; each is found in abundance in all
living things, where they function in encoding, transmitting and expressing
genetic information.
ex - A nucleic acid is a complex organic compound found in all living organisms.
Nucleic acids were discovered in 1869 by the Swiss biochemist Johann
Friedrich Miescher (1844–1895). Miescher discovered the presence of an
unusual organic compound in the nuclei of cells and gave that compound the
name nuclein. The compound was unusual because it contained both nitrogen
and phosphorus, in addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Nuclein was
one of the first organic compounds to have been discovered that contained
this combination of elements. Although later research showed that various
forms of nuclein occurred in other parts of the cell, the name remained in
the modified form by which it is known today: nucleic acid.
mine - they are in your body and they make you DNA
Earth. They include DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid). Together with proteins, nucleic acids are the most important
biological macromolecules; each is found in abundance in all
living things, where they function in encoding, transmitting and expressing
genetic information.
ex - A nucleic acid is a complex organic compound found in all living organisms.
Nucleic acids were discovered in 1869 by the Swiss biochemist Johann
Friedrich Miescher (1844–1895). Miescher discovered the presence of an
unusual organic compound in the nuclei of cells and gave that compound the
name nuclein. The compound was unusual because it contained both nitrogen
and phosphorus, in addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Nuclein was
one of the first organic compounds to have been discovered that contained
this combination of elements. Although later research showed that various
forms of nuclein occurred in other parts of the cell, the name remained in
the modified form by which it is known today: nucleic acid.
mine - they are in your body and they make you DNA