Nucleic acids are the instructions for building and maintaining living organisms. DNA is used by multi-cellular organisms, while RNA is used by viruses. Nucleic acids are made up of nucleotides, with DNA being double-stranded and RNA being single-stranded. Genes are small sections of instructions within nucleic acids, and the sequence of nucleotides is important for […]
Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a synthetic polymer similar to DNA and RNA, used in medical treatments and biological research due to its ability to store information and chemical stability. It may have been present during Earth’s earlier history and could have been used as a simpler version of DNA. PNA has found use in […]
