DNA

DNA (or deoxyribonucleic acid or deoxyribose nucleic acid) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life.

DNA as a three-letter abbreviation or a part of a proper name may also refer to:

• DNA (band), a rock music group founded in New York City and associated with No Wave
• DNA computing, a form of computing which uses DNA and molecular biology instead of the traditional silicon-based computer technologies
• "Digital interNet Application", a defunct predecessor of the Microsoft .NET Framework

• the genes and gene products (proteins) involved in DNA replication:
  • protein DnaA and gene dnaA
  • protein DnaB helicase and gene dnaB
  • protein DnaC and gene dnaC
  • protein DnaG and gene dnaG

• The Norwegian Labour Party, Det norske Arbeiderparti
• Douglas Noël Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Genentech has the stock ticker symbol DNA