English Explanatory Dictionary

threose nucleic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An analog of RNA in which the sugar component is threose—considered to be a primordial precursor to RNA

Word forms

threose nucleic acid threose nucleic acids

Synonyms

threonucleic acid

Related words

nucleic acid ribonucleic acid deoxyribonucleic acid peptide nucleic acid glycol nucleic acid

Derived words

TNA

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