morpholino

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Synonyms: morpholine

Antonyms: morpholine

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|genetics}} A structural analog of natural nucleic acid used to [[modify]] [[gene expression]], in which the ribose or deoxyribose rings of nucleic acids are replaced with morpholine rings and the phosphodiester intersubunit linkages of nucleic acids are replaced with phosphorodiamidate linkages.

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