Nucleic Acids
Structure and properties Nucleic acids are biomolecules found in all living things on Earth. A distinction is made between ribonucleic acid (RNA, RNA, ribonucleic acid) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA, DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid). Nucleic acids are polymers composed of so-called nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of the following three units: Sugar (carbohydrate, monosaccharide, pentose): ribose in RNA, … Nucleic Acids
