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noun

• (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell

38%6Nucleic acid sugar
noun

• a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid

36%3Nucleic acid
noun

• (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

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New York Times21 Dec 1986 Down 124
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