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DNA

Definition:

1. [noun] (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules"
   Synonyms: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
   
   

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Related Words:

• operon
• complementary DNA, cDNA
• exon, coding DNA
• intron
• junk DNA
• recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid, recombinant DNA
• sticky end
• transposon, jumping gene

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