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9009-85-2

Name RIBONUCLEIC ACID
CAS 9009-85-2
EINECS(EC#) 277-256-7
MDL Number MFCD00132195

Chemical Properties

Definition Any of several complex compounds occurring in living cells, usually chemically bound to proteins to form nucleoproteins. Nucleic acids are of high molecular weight are easily changed by many mild chemical reagents. They contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen (15– 16%), and phosphorus (9–10%). The fundamental units of nucleic acid, are nucleotides, nucleic acids, and polynucleotides in which the nucleotides are linked by phosphate bridges. Upon extensive heating in the presence of water (hydrolysis), nucleic acids yield a mixture of purines and pyrimidines, d-ribose or d-deoxyribose, and phosphoric acid. Nucleic acids are subdivided into two types: ribonucleic acid (RNA), containing the sugar d-ribose, and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), containing the sugar d-deoxyribose. See deoxyribonucleic acid; ribonucleic acid; nucleoside; nucleotide; nucleoprotein. Good sources of nucleic acids are salmon, thymus, yeast, and wheat kernel embryo.
storage temp.  2-8°C
solubility  H2O: 10 mg/mL, very faintly turbid, faintly yellow
form  lyophilized powder
Merck  8203
Uses
Biochemical and medical research in genetics, virus diseases, and cancer.

Safety Data

Safety Statements 
WGK Germany  3
RTECS  RF0772520
10-21

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