Today, his discovery is known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Along with DNA, the other major type of nucleic acid in cells is ribonucleic acid (RNA). Both are shown in the above image ...

Nucleic acids are complex biological molecules that store and transmit genetic information in all living organisms. They are essential for the survival and reproduction of life on Earth. The two main ...

The nucleic acid molecules inherited by the living cell bear the plan of all the cell's protein molecules. It now appears that another kind of nucleic acid plays a key role in translating the plan ...

The group was formed in 2003, having previously been a special interest group (The Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology Group) of both the RSC and the Biochemical Society. The purpose of the group is ...

Nucleic acid medicine allows for rational drug design ... mucosal surfaces in the respiratory tract to produce a powerful type of protective antibody called secretory IgA, which is not usually ...

Saliva is a viable alternative source of nucleic acids. A new collection device offers stable and easy saliva collection for extracting both DNA and RNA from a single sample.