asam nukleat

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of asam (“acid”) +‎ nukleat. Compare to Esperanto nukleata acido.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈasam nuˈklɛat/

Noun

asam nuklèat (first-person possessive asam nukleatku, second-person possessive asam nukleatmu, third-person possessive asam nukleatnya)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) nucleic acid: 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.
    Synonym: asid nukleik (Standard Malay)

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