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locked nucleic acid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
locked nu-cle-ic acid
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a synthetic form of RNA, in which the ribose is modified to be locked into a specific conformation by adding extra chemical bonding.

Inflected Forms

locked nucleic acids (plural)

Derived Forms

LNA

Phrases

nucleic acid unlocked nucleic acid bridged nucleic acid ribonucleic acid deoxyribonucleic acid

Frequently Paired Words

nucleic acid unlocked nucleic acid bridged nucleic acid ribonucleic acid deoxyribonucleic acid

Questions

What does locked nucleic acid mean?
a synthetic form of RNA, in which the ribose is modified to be locked into a specific conformation by adding extra chemical bonding.

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