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Large molecules, generally found in the cell`s nucleus and/or cytoplasm, that are made up of nucleotide bases. The two kinds of nucleic acid are DNA and RNA.

One of the compounds into which nucleic acid is split by action of nuclease; nucleotides are composed of a base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.

The structure within eukaryotic cells, bounded by a membrane, that contains an organism`s chromosomes.