nucleic acid

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells (synset 114988268)
    referred to in: biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
    is a type of: macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
    is a part of:
    • deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna - (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
    • ribonucleic acid, rna - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell

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