dna
Nucleic acids are large polymers formed by linking nucleotides together and are found in every cell. Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA is the nucleic acid that stores genetic information. If all the DNA in a typical mammalian cell were stretched out end to end, it would extend more than 2 m. Ribonucleic acid RNA is the nucleic acid responsible for using the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce the thousands of proteins found in living organisms.