desoxyribonucleic acid
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(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
DNA is the king of molecules
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- polymer hypernym
- operon hyponym
- complementary DNA hyponym
- episome hyponym
- exon hyponym
- intron hyponym
- junk DNA hyponym
- recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid hyponym
- sticky end hyponym
- transposon hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biochemistry |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gene |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | base pair |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nucleic acid |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | adenine |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | cytosine |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | guanine |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | T |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | polymer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | operon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | complementary DNA |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | episome |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | junk DNA |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sticky end |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transposon |