nucleic acid

名词 n.
/njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd/|/njuːˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/    /nuˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell countable,uncountable

词形变化

nucleic acids plural

词源

nucleic + acid; named for the fact that in eukaryotes, some of the important actions of such acids are especially associated with the nucleus of the cell.
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