nucleotide
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1. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | ester, |
| definition | : | formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | base pair, |
| definition | : | one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | adenosine diphosphate, adp, |
| definition | : | an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | adenosine triphosphate, atp, |
| definition | : | a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | a, deoxyadenosine monophosphate, |
| definition | : | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | c, deoxycytidine monophosphate, |
| definition | : | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | deoxyguanosine monophosphate, g, |
| definition | : | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | deoxythymidine monophosphate, t, |
| definition | : | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | muton, |
| definition | : | the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | u, uracil, |
| definition | : | a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine (noun.substance) |
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