NUCLEIC ACID

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

ELEMENTS

• Made of nucleotides, which are made up of a base containing nitrogen and sugar that contains five-carbon molecules, and a phosphoric acid.

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)