Deoxyribonucleic Acid - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: deoxyribonucleic aciddeoxyribonucleic acid
a nucleic acid usually of very high molecular weight consisting of a linear sequence of monomer units of deoxyribonucleotides occurring in most organisms in pairs of strands wound together in the form of a double helix it is the main component of chromosomes and contains the genetic information which is the basis of heredity transmitted from parent to progeny and found in all living organisms except for certain viruses which have RNA as their basic genetic material usually referred to by the acronym DNA...
deoxyribosenucleic acid
same as deoxyribonucleic acid...
desoxyribonucleic acid
same as deoxyribonucleic acid...
deoxyribonucleotide
an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1 carbon of a deoxyribose ring with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine 5prime phosphate abbreviated TMP deoxyadenosine 5prime phosphate abbreviated dAMP deoxyguanosine 5prime phosphate abbreviated dGMP and deoxycytidine 5prime phosphate abbreviated dCMP...
deoxyribose
a pentose C5H10O4 in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen In deoxyribonucleic acids the deoxyribose is D 2 deoxyribose in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen...
DNA
abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid more commonly used than the full name See also RNA...
carboxylic acid
an organic compound whose acidity is due to the presence of a carboxyl gorup Monocarboxylic acids such as acetic acid or butyric acid have one carboxyl group dicarboxylic acids such as oxalic acid or malonic acid have two tricarboxylic acids such as citric acid have three...
Cyanuric acid
an organic acid C3O3N3H3 first obtained by heating uric acid or urea and called pyrouric acid afterwards obtained from isocyanic acid It is a white crystalline substance odorless and almost tasteless called also tricarbimide...
itaconic acid
The unsaturated dicarboxylic acid CH2CCOOHCH2COOH also called methylenesuccynic acid and propylene dicarboxylic acid...
Monte acid
An acid elevator as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory...
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