Term Name: | locked nucleic acid |
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Synonyms: | LNA, locked nucleic acid, locked nucleic acids |
Definition: | Nucleic acid polymers where the residues contain 'locked' deoxyribose units and are linked by phosphodiester bonds. The deoxyribose unit conformation is 'locked' by a 2'-C,4'-C-oxymethylene link. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:48010] ( EBI ) |