Nucleic acid
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Nucleic acids are large biomolecules that are crucial in all cells and viruses. They are composed of nucleotides, which are the monomer components: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenou
The Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher discovered the "nuclein", in 1868. Later, he raised the idea that it could be involved in heredity.
Phoebus Levene
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Phoebus Aaron Theodore Levene was a Russian-born American biochemist who studied the structure and function of nucleic acids. He characterized the different forms of nucleic acid, DNA from RNA, and fo
