nucleic acid

• Nucleotide

  A building block of nucleic acids, consisting of a phosphate group, sugar molecule, and nitrogenous base
• Nitrogenous base

  Type of base found in nucleotides, A, C, G, or T
• RNA


  Ribonucleic acid, carries genetic information, creates proteins, and regulates gene expression
• DNA

  Deoxyribonucleic acid, stores genetic information, replicated, and passed to offspring
• mRNA

  Carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome for protein synthesis