Sugar: In DNA, the sugar is deoxyribose, while in RNA, it is ribose.The sugar forms the backbone of the nucleic acid strand. Phosphate Group: The phosphate group is attached to the sugar and helps ...

Simple reaction makes the building blocks of a nucleic acid "Cyanide to the RNA base cytosine" becomes a new clue for origin of life researchers. John Timmer – Oct 2, 2012 3:20 pm | 34 ...

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?

Reference: Pfeiffer M, Nidetzky B. Reverse C-glycosidase reaction provides C-nucleotide building blocks of xenobiotic nucleic acids. Nat Commun . 2020;11(6270). doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20035-0 This ...

Structural comparison of DNA and the artificial TNA, a Xeno nucleic acid with the natural base pairs AT and GC and an additional base pair (XY). The DNA carries the genetic information of all ...

Expanding the Horizon of the Xeno Nucleic Acid Space: Threose Nucleic Acids with Increased Information Storage. Journal of the American Chemical Society , 2024; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14626 Cite This ...