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Nucleoside

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Nucleoside"

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Word	Definition
analogsnoun	(countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
diphosphatesnoun	(chemistry) any salt or ester containing two phosphate groups
phosphorylasesnoun	(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the production of glucose phosphate from glycogen and inorganic phosphate
polyphosphatesnoun	(chemistry) any of a class of inorganic polymers containing linked phosphate groups; the low molecular weight polymers, such as sodium tripolyphosphate, are used in water softening and as food additives
nucleocidenoun	Misspelling of nucleoside. [(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.]
nucleotidenoun	(biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. 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.
dinucleosidenoun	(organic chemistry) Two nucleosides in a molecule (typically combined with phosphate)
nucleosylnoun	(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from a nucleoside
c-nucleosidenoun	(biochemistry) Any nucleoside that has a direct C-C bond between the carbohydrate and the heterocycle
deoxyribonucleosidenoun	(biochemistry) Any nucleoside containing deoxyribose
cyclic nucleotidenoun	(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide in which the phosphate group is bonded to two hydroxyl groups on the same sugar
nucleosidationnoun	(organic chemistry) Reaction with, or conversion to, a nucleoside
deoxynucleosidenoun	(biochemistry) Any nucleoside containing a deoxy sugar
anhydronucleosidenoun	(organic chemistry) Any nucleoside derived from an anhydrosugar
nucleotidylnoun	(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from a nucleotide
ribonucleotidenoun	(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide having ribose as its sugar
deoxyribonucleotidenoun	(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide containing deoxyribose.
carbanucleosidenoun	(biochemistry) Any carbocyclic analogue of a nucleoside
dinucleotidenoun	(biochemistry) Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units.
triphosphonucleosidenoun	(biochemistry) A nucleoside triphosphate