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The Nucleic Acids

These are molecules that are essential to and characteristic of life on earth. They form the genetic material of all living organisms including the simplest virus. These compunds are found mainly in the nucleus. 

They are DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (Ribonucleic acid). Nucleic acids have the same basic structure  in all organisms. 

Excerpts from the book a glance at cell biology by Ukponmwan Ifueko Oghogho

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