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peptide nucleic acid en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A synthetic organic polymer similar to DNA or RNA; the sugar backbone of nucleic acids is replaced by N-(2-aminoethyl)-glycine linked through peptide bonds - considered a possible precursor to RNA

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Relateds

threose nucleic acid · deoxyribonucleic acid · glycol nucleic acid · nucleic acid · ribonucleic acid

Synonyms

PNA