Nucleic acids are macromolecules in cells for storing and transferring genetic information. Moreover, nucleic acids, especially RNAs, can fold into well-defined 3D structures and catalyze biochemical reactions. As ubiquitous biological molecules in all living systems, nucleic acids are important drug targets, and they can also be used in diagnostics and therapeutics. Structural information of n...

Schechter, Esther M. (The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.). Synthesis of nucleic acid and protein in L cells infected with the agent of meningopneumonitis. J. Bacteriol. 91:2069-2080. 1966.-Synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA), and protein in uninfected L cells and in L cells infected with the meningopneumonitis agent was compared by measuring rates of incorpora...

THE ROLE OF THYMONUCLEIC ACID IN NORMAL CELLS Chromosomes and Genes Cytoplasmic Nucleic Acids Protein Synthesis Bacteria and Filterable Viruses THE ROLE OF THYMONUCLEIC ACID IN NEOPLASTIC CELLS The Significance of Nucleic Acids in the Somatic Mutation Theory of Etiology Chemical Evidence of Disturbance of Nucleic Acids in Tumors Histochemical and Cytochemical Evidence of Disturbance of Thymonuc...

Recent advances in nucleic acid sequencing, structural, and computational technologies have resulted in dramatic progress in our understanding of nucleic acid structure and function in the cell. This knowledge, together with the predictable base-pairing of nucleic acids and powerful synthesis and expression capabilities now offers the unique ability to program nucleic acids to form precise 3D a...

The onset and rates of synthesis of the major classes of nucleic acids have been extensively studied during the development of whole frog embryos (reviews by Brown, 1965; Gurdon, 1967a). Such information is of interest because nucleic acids are the immediate products of genes, and their rates of synthesis therefore provide a direct measure of changes in gene activity. To date nucleic acid synth...

background nucleic acid based detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis has the potential to improve the analysis of the tuberculosis epidemiology and patient care by increasing the specificity and sensitivity of diagnosis. patients and methods fifty suspected cases were screened for m. tuberculosis by using a new primer sequence and comparing its results with the primer (is6110) most widely used...