peptide nucleic acid (English, noun)
expansion: peptide nucleic acid (plural peptide nucleic acids)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A synthetic organic polymer similar to DNA or RNA; the sugar backbone of nucleic acids is replaced by N-(2-aminoethyl)-glycine linked through peptide bonds - considered a possible precursor to RNA
Forms:
form: peptide nucleic acids
tags: plural