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nucleotide

nu·cle·o·tide
N n

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [noo-klee-uh-tahyd, nyoo-]
    • /ˈnu kli əˌtaɪd, ˈnyu-/
    • /ˈnuː.kliə.ˌtaɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noo-klee-uh-tahyd, nyoo-]
    • /ˈnu kli əˌtaɪd, ˈnyu-/

Definitions of nucleotide word

  • noun nucleotide any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil. 1
  • noun nucleotide A compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. Nucleotides form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA. 1
  • noun nucleotide a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to phosphoric acid. Nucleic acids are made up of long chains (polynucleotides) of such compounds 0
  • noun nucleotide any of several phosphate esters of nucleosides: the basic unit of nucleic acids 0
  • noun nucleotide any of several compounds not found in nucleic acids, which function as coenzymes 0
See all 5 definitions of nucleotide

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Origin of nucleotide

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; alteration of nucleoside

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Parts of speech for Nucleotide

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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nucleotide popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • complementary base

    either of the nucleotide bases linked by a hydrogen bond on opposite strands of DNA or double-stranded RNA: guanine is the complementary base of cytosine, and adenine is the complementary base of thymine in DNA and of uracil in RNA.

  • cytidine monophosphate

    a nucleotide constituent of ribonucleic acids; a phosphoric acid ester of cytidine. Abbreviation: CMP.

  • deoxyribonucleotide

    an ester of a deoxyribonucleoside and phosphoric acid; a constituent of DNA.

  • dna probe

    a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.

  • genetic code

    the biochemical instructions that translate the genetic information present as a linear sequence of nucleotide triplets in messenger RNA into the correct linear sequence of amino acids for the synthesis of a particular peptide chain or protein. Compare codon, translation (def 9).

  • nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

    See NAD.
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