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Deoxyribonucleic acid


deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
a nucleic acid containing pentose, a 5-carbon sugar
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Dr. Leslie Biesecker, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) A nucleic acid composed of two polynucleotide strands wound around a central axis to form a double helix; the repository of genetic information.
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid -usually in the form of a double helix- that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life, and most viruses.
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid which is capable of carrying genetic instructions for the biological development of all cellular forms of life and many viruses.
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
See DNA.
Derepression
The release of a gene or operon from repression so that it is expressed (or turned on).
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deoxyribonucleic acid A polymer of deoxyribonucleotides that is in the form of a double helix; DNA is the genetic molecule of life in that it codes for the sequence of amino acids in proteins; ...
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deoxyribonucleic acid: see DNA.
deoxyribose: the five-carbon carbohydrate attached to purine or pyrimidine bases within DNA molecules.
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(deoxyribonucleic acid): The large double-stranded molecule carrying the genetic code. It consists of four bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine), phosphate and ribose.
DNA binding motif ...
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DNA-deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical molecule inside cells which carries biological information.
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid): the molecule that encodes genetic information. DNA is composed of two anti-parallel strands which wind about a common axis to form a double helix.
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid): The long, spiralling m olecule that rchestrates the cell's daily operations and provides the genetic blueprint for the physical characteristics of all living organisms.
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material. It functions by storing information regarding the sequence of amino acids in each of the body's proteins. This "list" of amino acid sequences is needed when proteins are synthesized.
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid): The molecule responsible for storing and transmitting genetic information.
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DNA -- "deoxyribonucleic acid". The nucleic acid which carries the genetic code of an organism. It is the primary component of chromosomes. MORE?
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Related Terms: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
The molecule that encodes genetic information. DNA is a double-stranded molecule held together by weak bonds between base pairs of nucleotides.
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(See Centrifugation.) Deoxyribonucleic acid. See DNA, nuclease. Diabetes. A disease associated with the absence or reduced levels of insulin, a hormone essential for the transport of glucose to cells. Dideoxynucleotide (didN).
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) A polynucleotide having a defined sequence of deoxyribonucleotide units covalently bonded via 3',5'-phosphodiester bonds. Functions in the transmission of genetic information.
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DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid is the double-helix molecule holding the genetic information of organisms that, along with protein, composes the chromatin ...
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In the 1940s, Avery, McCleod and McCarty definitively identified deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as the "transforming principle" responsible for transmitting genetic information.
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Recombinant DNA stands for simply the recombining of DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, the so-called building blocks of life.
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Large polynucleotides can either form ribonucleic acids (RNA) or deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA).
RNA and DNA molecules are constructed from just 4 types of nucleotides each. The four types of nucleotides are: ...
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