Engelsk navneord: deoxyribonucleic acid |
1. | deoxyribonucleic acid (om masse el. substans) (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | DNA is the king of molecules.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | polymer |
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| Mere specifikke termer | cDNA, coding DNA, complementary DNA, episome, exon, intron, jumping gene, junk DNA, noncoding DNA, operon, recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid, recombinant DNA, sticky end, transposon |
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| Omfatter disse specifikke termer | base pair, cistron, factor, gene, nucleic acid |
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| Vedrærer disse specifikke termer | A, adenine, C, cytosine, G, guanine, T, thymine |
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| Overordnet emneområde | biochemistry |
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