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Name: Nucleic Acids
ID: m44403
Language: English (en)
Summary: By the end of this section, you will be able to:
  • Describe the structure of nucleic acids and define the two types of nucleic acids
  • Explain the structure and role of DNA
  • Explain the structure and roles of RNA
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: biological macromolecules, biological molecules, deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, double helix, messenger RNA, microRNA, miRNA, mRNA, nucleic acid, nucleic acids, nucleotide, phosphodiester, polynucleotide, purine, pyramidine, ribonucleic acid, ribosomal RNA, RNA, rRNA, transcription, transfer RNA, translation, tRNA
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), Cnx Biology (ryan.s.stickney@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.6 (history)
First publication date: Aug 22, 2012 4:23 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Apr 4, 2013 3:45 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.6 Apr 4, 2013 3:45 pm -0500 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
removed periods from definitions of pyramidine and nucleotide, changed "multiple choice" to "review questions"
Version: 1.5 Mar 6, 2013 11:40 am -0600 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
fixed summary
Version: 1.4 Feb 26, 2013 4:09 pm -0600 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
fix fixed links
Version: 1.3 Jan 28, 2013 11:12 am -0600 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
removed span-all, fixed section summary
Version: 1.2 Jan 25, 2013 4:20 pm -0600 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
initial publication
Version: 1.1 Aug 28, 2012 11:34 am -0500 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
Created module

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