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Macromolecules Of Dna Research Paper

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that contains the essential genetic instructions/codes that are used in the development, functioning and reproduction of all living organisms. DNA is a nucleic acid, which, alongside proteins and carbohydrates forms the three major macromolecules that are essential for all forms of life. DNA consists of two biopolymer strands, which coil together to form a ‘double helical structure’. These two strands are known as polynucleotides as they are made up of several smaller nucleotide units. DNA consists of a linear polymer consisting of three types of molecule: an organic ‘aromatic flat base’ connected to a sugar called ‘ribose’, with an inorganic ‘phosphate linker’. Two (or sometimes three) of these structures

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