DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

The determination in 1953 of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), with its two entwined helices and paired organic bases, was a tour de force in X-ray crystallography. But more ...

Nucleic acid is essential for all forms of life, and it is found in all cells. ... The 5-carbon sugar (known as a pentose) includes ribose and deoxyribose, which are present in nucleic acid.

"We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest." With this famous understatement ...

Object Details Author Nature Publishing Group Notes January 23, 2003 issue of Nature. "Reprinted from Nature, vol. 421, no. 6921." Contents The eternal molecule / Carina Dennis & Philip Campbell -- A ...

DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid) is the coding molecule that allows human cells to replicate and function. Human DNA is organised into compact structures called chromosomes of which humans have 23 pairs ...