peptide nucleic acid
Noun
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Noun
peptide nucleic acid (plural peptide nucleic acids) (abbreviation: PNA)
- (biochemistry) 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
- nucleic acid
- ribonucleic acid (RNA)
- deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- glycol nucleic acid (GNA)
- threose nucleic acid (TNA)
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