Deoxyribonucleic acids

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-003019",
  "term": "Deoxyribonucleic acids",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A class of macromolecules that carries the hereditary information for an organism's development and function. Each molecule consists of two long polymer chains made of nucleotides, which are wound together into a double helix structure. The sequence of the four nucleotide bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine, encodes the genetic instructions for building proteins and other functional molecules.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and the Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "helix",
    "nucleotides"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1992, 64, 143. 'Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)' on page 151 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199264010143)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/deoxyribonucleic-acids/"
}