NUCLEOTIDE


Meaning of NUCLEOTIDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnü-klē-ə-ˌtīd, ˈnyü- ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, irregular from nucle- + -ide

Date: 1908

: any of several compounds that consist of a ribose or deoxyribose sugar joined to a purine or pyrimidine base and to a phosphate group and that are the basic structural units of nucleic acids (as RNA and DNA) — compare nucleoside

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