DNA (disambiguation)

In biochemistry, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecule encoding the genetic instructions for life.

DNA may also refer to:

• Z-DNA, one of the possible double helical structures of DNA

Books

• D.N.Angel, 2003 manga/anime franchise by Yukiru Sugisaki
• DnA, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, British comic book writing duo's joint pen name
• DNA, 2008 book by Dennis Kelly
• DNA², 1993 manga by Masakazu Katsura, subsequently adapted into an anime

Periodicals

• Daily News and Analysis, Indian broadsheet newspaper
• DNA Magazine Australian monthly magazine
• Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (Les DNA), daily French newspaper

Film and TV

• DNA (1997 film), an American science fiction action film
• DNA (2020 film), a French drama film
• "DNA" (Red Dwarf), 1991 British sci-fi comedy TV episode
• DNA (TV series), British television crime drama

Music

Bands

• DNA (American band), No Wave band
• DNA (duo), electronic dance music duo
• DNA, rock band formed in 1983 by Rick Derringer and Carmine Appice
• DNA, an upcoming four-member Kazakh boy group under Juz Entertainment

Albums

• DNA, 2019 album by Jeanette Biedermann
• DNA (Last Live at CBGB's) 1993 album by DNA
• D.N.A. (John Foxx album), 2010
• DNA (Koda Kumi album), 2018
• DNA (Little Mix album), 2012
• D.N.A. (Mario album), 2009
• DNA (Matthew Shipp and William Parker album), 1999
• DNA (Trapt album), 2016
• DNA (Wanessa Camargo album), 2011
• DNA (Ian Yates album), 2014
• DNA (Backstreet Boys album), 2019

Songs

• "DNA" (BTS song), 2017
• "DNA" (Empire of the Sun song), 2013
• "D.N.A." (A Flock of Seagulls song), 1982
• "DNA" (Kendrick Lamar song), 2017
• "DNA" (Little Mix song), 2012
• "DNA", a song by Danny Brown from his album XXX
• "DNA", a song by The Kills on their album Blood Pressures
• "DNA", a song by Rye Rye from her album Go! Pop! Bang!
• "DNA", a song by Wale from his album Shine

Computing

• BitTorrent DNA, download accelerator
• Direct Note Access, technology for manipulation of individual notes within chords and polyphonic recordings
• DNA computing, field of non-silicon computing technologies based on molecular biology
• DIGITAL Network Architecture, DECnet's peer-to-peer networking architecture
• Windows DNA, defunct predecessor of the Microsoft .NET Framework

Organisations

Companies

• DNA Productions, American animation studio
• DNA Studio, advertising agency
• DNA Oyj, Finnish telecommunications company
• DNA Films, British film studio
• DNA Publications, American publishing company

Politics and government

• Democratic National Assembly, political party in Trinidad and Tobago
• Det norske Arbeiderparti or the Norwegian Labour Party
• Direcția Națională Anticorupție (National Anticorruption Directorate), Romanian anti-corruption agency
• DNA (Index herbariorum code for Northern Territory Herbarium at Palmerston in the Northern Territory)

Other uses

• Corporate DNA, factors underlying and affecting organizational culture
• DNA Lounge, nightclub in San Francisco, California, U.S.
• Dynamic network analysis, emergent scientific field in sociology and statistics
• Dynamic New Athletics, a team competition format in athletics
• Did Not Attend, in motorsports
• DNa inscription, an ancient inscription at the tomb of Darius the Great

See also

• DNA profiling
• DeNA, mobile provider in Japan
• DNAR or "Do not attempt resuscitation", legal order to withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or cardiac life support