Evidence of common regularities in the composition of pentose nucleic acids.
1955
D ELSON, and
E CHARGAFF
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009696
Nucleic Acids
High molecular weight polymers containing a mixture of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides chained together by ribose or deoxyribose linkages.
Nucleic Acid,Acid, Nucleic,Acids, Nucleic
D009711
Nucleotides
The monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed. They consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
Nucleotide
D010429
Pentoses
Monosaccharide sugar molecules that contain a five carbon backbone.