DESOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID

• (noun) (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

  "DNA is the king of molecules"

  synonyms : deoxyribonucleic acid , dna

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