Making GNA for Nanotechnology (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Making GNA for Nanotechnology

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The only chemical difference between DNA and a synthetic cousin, GNA, is in the sugar molecule. GNA uses a three-carbon sugar called glycerol rather than the five-carbon deoxyribose used in DNA. The sugar provides the chemical backbone for nucleic acid polymers, anchoring a phosphate molecule and nitrogenous base (B).

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Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University

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