Category:SO:0000348 ! nucleic acid
id: SO:0000348
name: nucleic_acid
def: "An attribute describing a sequence consisting of nucleobases bound to repeating units. The forms found in nature are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), where the repeating units are 2-deoxy-D-ribose rings connected to a phosphate backbone, and ribonucleic acid (RNA), where the repeating units are D-ribose rings connected to a phosphate backbone." [CHEBI:33696, RSC:cb]
synonym: "nucleic acid" EXACT []
xref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleic_acid "wiki"
is_a: SO:0000443 ! polymer_attribute
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