Give Significance of the following :DNA.

1.	Give Significance of the following :DNA.
Answer» 1. DNA regulates and controls all the cellular activities. 2. It replicates and gets distributed equally to the daughter cells when the cell divides. 3. It is a carrier of genetic information. 4. Heterocatalytic function : DNA directs the synthesis of chemical molecules other than itself. E.g. Synthesis of RNA (transcription), synthesis of protein (Translation), etc. 5. Autocatalytic function : DNA directs the synthesis of DNA itself. E.g. Replication. 6. DNA is a master molecule of a cell that initiates, guides, regulates and controls the process of protein synthesis.

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1. DNA regulates and controls all the cellular activities.

2. It replicates and gets distributed equally to the daughter cells when the cell divides.

3. It is a carrier of genetic information.

4. Heterocatalytic function : DNA directs the synthesis of chemical molecules other than itself. E.g. Synthesis of RNA (transcription), synthesis of protein (Translation), etc.

5. Autocatalytic function : DNA directs the synthesis of DNA itself. E.g. Replication.

6. DNA is a master molecule of a cell that initiates, guides, regulates and controls the process of protein synthesis.

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