Term Name: locked nucleic acid
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 )

Relationships
is a type of: nucleic acid
has_part: locked nucleotide residue