Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:33696
Name
nucleic acid
Ontology
Synonyms
nucleic acids, NA, Nukleinsaeure, Nukleinsaeuren, acide nucleique, acides nucleiques, acido nucleico, acidos nucleicos
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A macromolecule made up of nucleotide units and hydrolysable into certain pyrimidine or purine bases (usually adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil), D-ribose or 2-deoxy-D-ribose and phosphoric acid. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of nucleic acid (CHEBI:33696)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
nucleic acid [is_a relation] is_a  polynucleotide (CHEBI:15986)
nucleic acid [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  canonical nucleoside residue (CHEBI:33791)
nucleic acid [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  canonical nucleotide residue (CHEBI:50297)
Children of nucleic acid (CHEBI:33696)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
deoxyribonucleic acid (CHEBI:16991) [is_a relation] is_a  nucleic acid
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