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Nucleic acids are polymers formed from nucleotides. Deoxyribonucleotides build DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), and ribonucleotides build RNA (ribonucleic acid). With the exception of a few viruses, DNA forms the genetic material in all living organisms. Whereas, the major role of RNA is participation in protein synthesis.
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Widłak, W. (2013). Nucleic Acids. In: Widłak, W. (eds) Molecular Biology. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45361-8_3
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