INOSINE


Meaning of INOSINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈi-nə-ˌsēn, ˈī-, -sən ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary inos inic acid (the acid C 10 H 13 N 4 O 8 P; inosinic, from Greek in-, is sinew + International Scientific Vocabulary -ose (II) + -in (I) + -ic (I) ) + -ine (II)

Date: 1911

: a nucleoside C 10 H 12 N 4 O 5 that is composed of hypoxanthine and ribose, that in the form of its monophosphate is a biosynthetic precursor of both AMP and its guanosine analog, and that binds to adenine, cytosine, or uracil especially in some transfer RNAs — compare poly I:C

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