ALL meanings of nucleotide
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N n - 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