Deoxyribose - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: deoxyribosedeoxyribose
a pentose C5H10O4 in which one of the hydroxyl groups of ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen In deoxyribonucleic acids the deoxyribose is D 2 deoxyribose in which the hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is replaced by hydrogen...
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...
base pair
a unit of double stranded DNA or RNA consisting of two complementary bases on opposing strands of the double stranded polynucleotide bound together by hydrogen bonds and other non covalent chemical forces The bases comprising the base pairs are adenine thymine cytidine and guanine In normal DNA the base adenine on one strand of DNA pairs with thymine on the opposite strand and cytosine on one strand pairs with guanine on the opposite strand The term base pair usually includes the sugar ribose or deoxyribose and the phosphate bound to each base to form a nucleotide unit One base pair is sometimes used as a unit of length or size for DNA and in this usage is abbreviated bp as a 100 bp fragment of DNA A length of 1000 base pairs is a kilobase pair or kbp...
cytosine
A pyrimidine C4H5N3O which is one of the four major basic components of DNA and RNA in most organisms forming glyosides with ribose and deoxyribose It is the basic component of cytidine deoxycytidine cytosine cytidine monophosphate and derivatives of those compounds...
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