Biology Forum Cell Biology Nucleic Acids

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    • #12647
      ramsden
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      i have been searching everywhere but i cant find an anser to this simple question that dosent take me all around the houses. can anyone tell me

      why are D.N.A and R.N.A termed nucleic acids?

      is it because of the acidic COOH group? if so where is this group located?

      thanx
      -Alex

    • #96898
      JackBean
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      nucleic, because they are in the nucleus and acids because of the phosphoric acid in the sugar-phosphate backbone 😉

    • #96903
      ramsden
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      sugar PHOSPHATE backbone…phospheric acid… aahahhh its all making sense now thanx a lot.

      i now feel stupid for not noticing that 😛

    • #96904
      JackBean
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      yeah, just funny, that they are composed of nucleic bases 😉

    • #96931
      jwalin
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      you are great jack
      (bases)

      😆 😆 😆

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