Deoxyribonucleic acid coding strand

Nucleic Acid. A nucleic acid is a natural polynucleotide. It is a sugar-phosphate chain with purine and pyrimidine bases attached to it, as shown in Chart 10. If the sugar is deoxyribose and the pyrimidine bases are cytosine and thymine, the nucleic acid is deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA if the sugar is ribose, and the pyrimidine bases are (mostly) cytosine and uracil, the nucleic acid is ribonucleic acid, RNA. The sequence of bases may appear arbitrary and random, but it constitutes a meaningful code (see Code Word). In double-stranded nucleic acids,... 

DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid. The molecular basis of the genetic code - a macromolecule formed of repeating deoxyribonucleotides (formed from 4 nitrogenous bases - adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G)). These bases form complimentary base-pairs A-T and G-C on separate strands of the helical DNA molecule. 

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) The long, double-stranded molecule found in the cells of all living things that carries the genetic code for that organism. 

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) A complex molecule found in the chromosomes of almost all organisms that comprises the genetic code. DNA is a double-stranded polymer of nucleotides. The two strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between base pairs of nucleotides. The four nucleotides in DNA contain the bases adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). 

Protein translation is the process of synthesizing proteins from amino acids. This series of reactions translates the code provided to messenger ribonucleic acid or RNA (mRNA) by deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA into a sequence of amino acids that makes up the active protein molecule. Protein synthesis begins with a strand of mRNA synthesized in response to the genetic code located in a gene on a strand of DNA. The process of translation is slightly different in eukaryotic cells from that in prokaryotic cells for the sake of simplicity, translation in prokaryotes will be discussed here. 

Biochemists refer to RNA synthesis as transcription. Transcription is the process of synthesizing ribonncleic acid (RNA). Synthesis takes place within the nnclens of eukaryotic cells or in the cytoplasm of prokaryotes and converts the genetic code from a gene in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to a strand of RNA that then directs protein synthesis. 

At the very core of human existence, written in an alphabetic code of three letters, you find deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. The DNA in your cells holds all the genetic information that makes you you. And this is where metalloen-zymes play an important role. They unravel the double helbc strand of DNA molecules they read each strand they make copies, and even correct mistakes along the way. 

The total number of cells in a human body is estimated to be 37.2 trillion [1], fit the nucleus of these trillions of cells are 46 chromosomes one set of 23 chromosomes inherited from one s biological mother and a second set of 23 chromosomes inherited from one s biological father. Each chromosome is made up of tightly coiled strands of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These strands of DNA contain genes that provide instructions, or codes, for making cellular proteins necessary for life. Proteins participate in a variety of biological processes and have a vast array of functions... 

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