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Fundamental unit of double-stranded nucleic acids consisting of two nucleobases bound to each other by hydrogen bonds.
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DNA
27 linksPolymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses.
Polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses.
The nitrogenous bases of the two separate polynucleotide strands are bound together, according to base pairing rules (A with T and C with G), with hydrogen bonds to make double-stranded DNA.
Nucleobase
10 linksNucleobases, also known as nitrogenous bases or often simply bases, are nitrogen-containing biological compounds that form nucleosides, which, in turn, are components of nucleotides, with all of these monomers constituting the basic building blocks of nucleic acids.
Nucleobases, also known as nitrogenous bases or often simply bases, are nitrogen-containing biological compounds that form nucleosides, which, in turn, are components of nucleotides, with all of these monomers constituting the basic building blocks of nucleic acids.
The ability of nucleobases to form base pairs and to stack one upon another leads directly to long-chain helical structures such as ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
RNA
12 linksPolymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes.
Polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes.
This antisense-based process involves steps that first process the RNA so that it can base-pair with a region of its target mRNAs.
Gene
11 linksBasic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that encodes the synthesis of a gene product, either RNA or protein.
Basic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that encodes the synthesis of a gene product, either RNA or protein.
Two chains of DNA twist around each other to form a DNA double helix with the phosphate-sugar backbone spiraling around the outside, and the bases pointing inwards with adenine base pairing to thymine and guanine to cytosine.
Nucleic acid
8 linksNucleic acids are biopolymers, macromolecules, essential to all known forms of life.
Nucleic acids are biopolymers, macromolecules, essential to all known forms of life.
Using amino acids and the process known as protein synthesis, the specific sequencing in DNA of these nucleobase-pairs enables storing and transmitting coded instructions as genes.
Protein
12 linksProteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
The mRNA is loaded onto the ribosome and is read three nucleotides at a time by matching each codon to its base pairing anticodon located on a transfer RNA molecule, which carries the amino acid corresponding to the codon it recognizes.
Cytosine
9 linksOne of the four nucleobases found in DNA and RNA, along with adenine, guanine, and thymine (uracil in RNA).
One of the four nucleobases found in DNA and RNA, along with adenine, guanine, and thymine (uracil in RNA).
In Watson-Crick base pairing, it forms three hydrogen bonds with guanine.
Complementarity (molecular biology)
7 linksIn molecular biology, complementarity describes a relationship between two structures each following the lock-and-key principle.
In molecular biology, complementarity describes a relationship between two structures each following the lock-and-key principle.
The degree of complementarity between two nucleic acid strands may vary, from complete complementarity (each nucleotide is across from its opposite) to no complementarity (each nucleotide is not across from its opposite) and determines the stability of the sequences to be together.
DNA replication
11 linksBiological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule.
Biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule.
Nucleobases are matched between strands through hydrogen bonds to form base pairs.
DNA polymerase
5 linksMember of a family of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of DNA molecules from nucleoside triphosphates, the molecular precursors of DNA.
Member of a family of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of DNA molecules from nucleoside triphosphates, the molecular precursors of DNA.
Before replication can take place, an enzyme called helicase unwinds the DNA molecule from its tightly woven form, in the process breaking the hydrogen bonds between the nucleotide bases.