The sugar forms the backbone of the nucleic acid strand. Phosphate Group: The phosphate group is attached to the sugar and helps link nucleotides together to form the backbone of the nucleic acid.

A nucleic acid is a long molecule made up of smaller molecules called nucleotides. Nucleic acids were discovered in 1868, when twenty-four-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher isolated a ...

The research focus of the Müller group is the bioinorganic chemistry of nucleic acids with a particular emphasis on the generation, characterization as well as application of nucleic acids including ...

The group developed plasmid constructs that carried the full-length cDNA for the centrosomal protein 290 (CEP290) gene, a large 8.2 transgene responsible for Leber congenital amaurosis type 10, a ...