Associations to the word «Nucleoside»

Wiktionary

NUCLEOSIDE, noun. (biochemistry) an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.

Dictionary definition

NUCLEOSIDE, noun. A glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid.

Wise words

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