PNA [SO_0001184]

An attribute describing a sequence composed of peptide nucleic acid (CHEBI:48021), a chemical consisting of nucleobases bound to a backbone composed of repeating N-(2-aminoethyl)-glycine units linked by peptide bonds. The purine and pyrimidine bases are linked to the backbone by methylene carbonyl bonds.
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PNA

ID: SO_0001184

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An attribute describing a sequence composed of peptide nucleic acid (CHEBI:48021), a chemical consisting of nucleobases bound to a backbone composed of repeating N-(2-aminoethyl)-glycine units linked by peptide bonds. The purine and pyrimidine bases are linked to the backbone by methylene carbonyl bonds.

Do not use this term for feature annotation. Use PNA_oligo (SO:0001011) instead.

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peptide nucleic acid related synonym