Sentences with phrase «chain of nucleic acids»

The blueprint for life is a chain of nucleic acids formed into DNA molecules.

The shortest chain of nucleic acids capable of replicating itself consists of only 6 molecules.

Investigations of how short chains of nucleic acids replicate themselves in vitro have even provided clues to primitive genetic codes for translating nucleic acid information into protein information, systems that could have preceded the elaborate machinery of ribosomes and activating enzymes with which cells now manufacture protein.

DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) a molecule composed of two chains of nucleic acid bases held together by hydrogen bonds in a pattern resembling a flexible twisted ladder.

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This chemically enhanced X-ray technique revealed that DNA was composed of two complementary strands of nucleic acids linked by chemical bonds on a ladder - like chain.

To see how a size disparity would affect the crystalline order and the system's physical properties, Olvera de la Cruz and postdoctoral fellow Zhenwei Yao devised a model system of soft particles, such as functionalized nanoparticles with grafted chains including nucleic acids or thiols.

Using sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to scour through Brown's blood cells, plasma, and rectal tissue, Yukl and others were able to were able to detect bits of viral nucleic acid.

All tests detect viral RNA (ribonucleic acid) by means of the so - called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) which is a standard method for detecting nucleic acids.