Deoxyribonucleotide - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: deoxyribonucleotidedeoxyribonucleic acid
a nucleic acid usually of very high molecular weight consisting of a linear sequence of monomer units of deoxyribonucleotides occurring in most organisms in pairs of strands wound together in the form of a double helix it is the main component of chromosomes and contains the genetic information which is the basis of heredity transmitted from parent to progeny and found in all living organisms except for certain viruses which have RNA as their basic genetic material usually referred to by the acronym DNA...
deoxyribonucleotide
an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1 carbon of a deoxyribose ring with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine 5prime phosphate abbreviated TMP deoxyadenosine 5prime phosphate abbreviated dAMP deoxyguanosine 5prime phosphate abbreviated dGMP and deoxycytidine 5prime phosphate abbreviated dCMP...
nucleic acid
A natural or synthetic polymer consisting of chains of ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide units...
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