核酸
Meanings
1
nucleic acid
Biochemistry term for DNA and RNA.
DNA and RNA are types of nucleic acids.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉から核酸を抽出するto extract nucleic acid from something
They extracted nucleic acid from the virus sample.
- 核酸を検出するto detect nucleic acid (e.g. in a test)
This test detects the nucleic acid of the new virus.