Polymers/Oligomers of mononucleotides. Nucleotides are composed of heterocyclic bases such as Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine, Uracil, Hypoxanthine, Pseudouridine, Methylcytosine etc, linked to a backbone moeity such as Ribose (RNA), Deoxyribose (DNA), N-(2-aminoethyl)-glycine (PNA) etc. These monomers are usually linked by phosphodiester bonds as in case of DNA and RNA but can be other bonds such as peptide bonds in case of PNA.
What questions should have this tag?
Questions related to biochemistry, synthesis and properties of nucleic acids
What questions should not have this tag?
General questions related to DNA replication and transcription, that don't exactly relate with the inherent properties of these nucleic acids.
For example: How is transcription elongation regulated by epigenetic factors?
