peptide nucleic acid

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Food Biotechnology

(Abbreviation: PNA). A synthetic oligonucleotide analogue, in which the sugar backbone is replaced by a peptide chain, upon which the nucleoside residues are strung. Probes made from PNA appear to have greater specificity than those made from DNA.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture