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What are nucleic acids? Mention their two important functions.
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Answer
Nucleic acids are long chain polymers of nucleotides, which are made up of a base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate. They are the biomolecules, which combined with proteins to form chromosomes. Nucleic acids are responsible for the transmission of inherent characters from one generation to the next.
Functions of nucleic acid : There are two important functions of nucleic acid :
(1) Self-replication,
(2) Control protein synthesis.
Functions of nucleic acid : There are two important functions of nucleic acid :
(1) Self-replication,
(2) Control protein synthesis.
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