What Does NB Stand For?
NB stands for Nitrogen Base
NB, or Nitrogen Base, refers to a fundamental component of nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA. Nitrogen bases play a crucial role in the storage and transmission of genetic information, with the primary types being adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U) in RNA. These bases pair specifically—adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine in DNA, and adenine with uracil in RNA—forming the rungs of the nucleic acid ladder structure. Their sequence code determines the genetic instructions for biological development, functioning, and reproduction.
Added on 14th April 2008 | Last edited on 16th June 2025 | Edit Acronym