2006-11-07 04:12:41 · 28 answers · asked by starofsall 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
it is - nucleic (found in the nucleus of cells).
a polymer of nucleotides (a polynucleotide). A nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base ( adenine, guanine, cytosine or Thymine) and a phosphate group on a ribose sugar backbone.
A ribose sugar is a 5 carbon molecule consisting of a 5- sided ring of 4 carbon and 1 oxygen with an aldehyde group) and in the case of DNA, there is one less hydroxyl group (-OH) than ordinary ribose hence - deoxyribose.
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2006-11-07 04:29:32 · answer #1 · answered by Chinwe A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the biological development of a cellular form of life or a virus. All known cellular life and some viruses have DNAs. DNA is a long polymer of nucleotides (a polynucleotide) that encodes the sequence of amino acid residues in proteins, using the genetic code.
2006-11-07 04:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
DNA stands for DeoxyriboNucleic Acid.
2006-11-07 04:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by lovingmommys 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
2006-11-07 04:22:28 · answer #4 · answered by Treat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deoxyribonuceic Nucleic Acid
2006-11-07 04:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by TRUE GRIT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dioxyribonucleic Acid
2006-11-07 06:45:22 · answer #6 · answered by lemon drops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
2006-11-07 04:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by Manisha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DNA stands for Deoxy-Ribonucleic Acid
2006-11-07 04:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by Cheston R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you should have learned this in 7th grade but DNA is Deoxy Ribose Nucleic Acid
2006-11-07 04:22:19 · answer #9 · answered by steponme1019 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deoxyribonucleic acid
2006-11-07 04:24:39 · answer #10 · answered by surf_chick_lucy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋