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  1. noun
    a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

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  • a one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
  • c one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
  • g one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
  • dna (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
  • amp a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
  • rna (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
  • deletion (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
  • codon a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid
  • triplet code the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid
  • exonuclease a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
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