nucleic acids

• what are nucleic acids

  genetic information
• nucleic acids are complex organic molecules
• nucleic acids are macromolecules made up of monomers (aka nucleotides)
• Nucleotide is made up of

  phosphates, sugar, and nitrogenous base.
• nucleic acids transfer genetic information
• examples are DNA and RNA
• DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid
• RNA stands for ribonucleic acid
• DNA has a double helix
• RNA has single strands