nucleic acid
UK /njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪd/US /nuˈkleɪ.ɪk ˈæsɪd/
noun1
- 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
forms
nucleic acids