threose nucleic acid
English
Noun
threose nucleic acid (plural threose nucleic acids)
- (biochemistry) An analog of RNA in which the sugar component is threose—considered to be a primordial precursor to RNA
Synonyms
- threonucleic acid
Derived terms
- TNA (abbreviation)
Related terms
- nucleic acid
- ribonucleic acid (RNA)
- deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- peptide nucleic acid (PNA)
- glycol nucleic acid (GNA)