Concept information
Preferred term
DNA
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- DNA Adducts
- DNA, A-Form
- DNA, Algal
- DNA, Ancient
- DNA, Antisense
- DNA, Archaeal
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, B-Form
- DNA, Catalytic
- DNA, C-Form
- DNA, Circular
- DNA, Concatenated
- DNA, Cruciform
- DNA, Environmental
- DNA, Fungal
- DNA, Helminth
- DNA, Intergenic
- DNA, Neoplasm
- DNA, Plant
- DNA, Protozoan
- DNA, Recombinant
- DNA, Ribosomal
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Viral
- DNA, Z-Form
- Isochores
- Retroelements
Entry terms
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Note
- general; prefer specifics; /biosyn permitted but consider also DNA REPLICATION; structural DNA models = DNA (IM) + MOLECULAR MODELS (IM)
Scope note
- A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).
In other languages
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Finnish
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dna
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DNA
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Swedish
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Deoxiribonukleinsyra
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Dubbelsträngat DNA
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004247
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