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nucleic acids

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nucleic acids

Summary

nucleic acids is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,742 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • nucleic acids's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • nucleic acids is a type of macromolecule[4].
  • nucleic acids is a type of polynucleotide[5].
  • nucleic acids is part of nucleic acid binding[6].
  • nucleic acids is part of nucleic acid metabolic process[7].
  • nucleic acids is part of nucleic acid transport[8].
  • nucleic acids is part of nucleic acid transmembrane transporter activity[9].
  • nucleic acids is part of catalytic activity, acting on a nucleic acid[10].
  • nucleic acids's Commons category is recorded as Nucleic acids[11].
  • nucleic acids's said to be the same as is recorded as polynucleotide[12].
  • nucleic acids comprises nucleotide[13].
  • nucleic acids's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nucleic acids[14].
  • nucleic acids's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • nucleic acids's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • nucleic acids's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • nucleic acids's topic has template is recorded as Template:Nucleic acids[18].
  • nucleic acids's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C706[19].
  • nucleic acids's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

Why It Matters

nucleic acids ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,742 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Sequence- and structural-selective nucleic acid binding revealed by the melting of mixtures.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: topic_0077, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289759072|Nucleic acids (#289759072)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]"
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