One type of pyrimidine, called cytosine (C), occurs in both types of nucleic acid. A second pyrimidine, called thymine (T), only occurs in DNA, while the third type, uracil (U), only occurs in RNA.

Later it was found that the sugar in nucleic acid can be ribose or deoxyribose, giving two forms: RNA and DNA. In 1943, American Oswald Avery proved that DNA carries genetic information.

Locked nucleic acid (LNA) probes are modified RNA bases where the ribose is locked, thus fixing a specific conformation. They enable shorter probes for qPCR, thereby improving assay sensitivity ...

Ultraviolet absorption measurements indicate that plasmodia in nucleated erythrocytes cause a degradation of both the nucleic acid and protein constituents of the erythrocyte nucleus. Nucleotides are ...

1. A cytoplasmic basophily, which is removed when cells are treated with a ribonuclease enzyme, has been used as a means of identifying ribose nucleic acids and of following their distribution in the ...

Purines in Nucleic Acids Purines are essential components of nucleic acids, which store and transmit genetic information in all living organisms. In DNA and RNA, purines pair with their complementary ...

We’ve already found amino acids on comets, cosmic dust laced with complex organic matter, and basic sugars in other star systems. The Ribose finding would amount to more evidence stacking up.

Volutin does not contain nucleic acid ; ribose nucleic acid granules in the cytoplasm are often referred to as Volutin, but this is incorrect 1.