|  DNA 
  
 
 (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
 • Syn:
 deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid
 • Topics:
 biochemistry
 • Hypernyms:
 polymer
 • Hyponyms:
 operon, complementary DNA, cDNA, episome, exon,
 coding DNA, intron, noncoding DNA, junk DNA, recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid, recombinant DNA,
 sticky end, transposon, jumping gene
 • Substance Meronyms:
 adenine, A, cytosine, C, guanine,
 G, thymine, T
 • Part Meronyms:
 gene, cistron, factor, base pair, nucleic acid
 
 
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