RNA
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Ribonucleic acid is a polymeric molecule that is essential for most biological functions, either by performing the function itself or by forming a template for the production of proteins. RNA and deox
Secondary structure of a telomerase RNA
Robert W. Holley, left, poses with his research team.
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
RNA
…the function itself (non-coding RNA) or by forming a template for the production of proteins (messenger RNA). RNA and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are nucleic acids. The nucleic acids constitute one of the four major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life. RNA is assembled as a chain of nucleotides…
The Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher discovered the "nuclein", in 1868. Later, he raised the idea that it could be involved in heredity.