Nucleic Acid
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NUCLEIC ACID
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CHARACTERISTICS
- Nucleic acids are the main "information-carrying molecules" of the cell.
- They are large bio-molecules
- Contain genetic info
- They have 4 nitrogenic bases and nucleotide
- Each nucleotide has 3 components
- Essential for life
- Double helix
DNA & RNA
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ELEMENTS
- Made of nucleotides, which are made up of a base containing nitrogen and sugar that contains five-carbon molecules, and a phosphoric acid.
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USES
- Nucleic acids are large molecules that carry tons of small detail and all the genetic information. Nucleic acids are found in every living thing; plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, fungi!
- (Because of DNA, this tiger has stripes)
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