吉林大学食品生物化学4.核酸结构和性质试题.ppt

Nucleic acids History of DNA Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids DNA Structure Nucleic Acid Properties History of Nucleic Acids History of DNA 1869 DNA was first identified by Friedrich Miescher, a Swiss biologist. He called the substance nuclein, noted the presence of phosphorous, and separated the substance into an acidic part (which we now know is DNA) and a basic part (a class of basic proteins that bind to basic DNA). 1889 – The term “nucleic acid” was first used by Richard Altmann, a German pathologist and histologist. Friedrich Miescher Friedrich Miescher (