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Is DNA acidic?

Well, DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, so is it actually acidic in some way?
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Yep, it is. Mostly due to phosphates in the backbone. It's actually the basis for DNA electrophoresis - if it wasn't charged - it couldn't dissociate in solutions - you couldn't use an electric field to induce movement of the molecules in a gel.