spherical nucleic acid
English
Etymology
From spherical + nucleic acid.
Noun
spherical nucleic acid (plural spherical nucleic acids)
- A spheroidal compound composed of a central spherical scaffold upon which nucleic acid strands are attached, like hair on a ball.
Synonyms
- SNA (abbreviation)
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- SNA (abbreviation)
Related terms
- deoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”)
- glycol nucleic acid (“GNA”)
- nucleic acid
- peptide nucleic acid (“PNA”)
- ribonucleic acid (“RNA”)
- threonucleic acid (“TNA”)
- xeno-nucleic acid (“XNA”)