Sentences with 'nucleic'
Example sentences and phrases with the word nucleic and other words derived from it.
• « Viruses are known to be very simple structures, consisting of a single nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protein capsid. »
• « Sometimes, the viral nucleic acid is integrated into the host cell's DNA. It is then duplicated and passed on to the daughter cells as an additional hereditary unit, leaving the infection in a state of latency that culminates when, faced with a certain stimulus, infection is triggered. »
• « Proteins control cell chemistry and architecture, and nucleic acids contain all genetic information. They are the molecules of life. »