A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D004247
altLabel
DNA, Double-Stranded
ds DNA
ds-DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Deoxyribonucleic acids
Double-Stranded DNA
DNA, Double Stranded
AN
general; prefer specifics; /biosyn permitted but consider also DNA REPLICATION; structural DNA models = DNA (IM) + MOLECULAR MODELS (IM)
AQL
AD AE AG AI AN BI BL CF CH CL CS DE EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UL UR
cui
C0012854
C0311474
DC
1
definition
A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine).