nucleotide

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Synonyms: nucleoside, nucleocide, nucleoid, dinucleotide, nucleotides, nucleotidase, nucleide, nucleoids, nucleotidyl

Antonyms: nucleoside, nucleocide, nucleoid, dinucleotide, nucleotides, nucleotidase, nucleide, nucleoids, nucleotidyl

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} The [[monomer]] constituting [[DNA]] or [[RNA]] [[biopolymer]] [[molecule]]s. Each nucleotide consists of a [[nitrogenous]] [[heterocyclic]] [[base]] (or [[nucleobase]]), which can be either a double-ringed [[purine]] or a single-ringed [[pyrimidine]]; a five-carbon [[pentose]] [[sugar]] ([[deoxyribose]] in [[DNA]] or [[ribose]] in [[RNA]]); and a [[phosphate]] group.

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