English Explanatory Dictionary

nucleotide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

Pronunciation

/ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/ /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌtaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nucleotide.wav

Word forms

nucleotide nucleotides

Etymology

From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”).

Related words

Derived words

antinucleotide binucleotide cyclic nucleotide decanucleotide deoxynucleotide deoxyribonucleotide desoxynucleotide dideoxynucleotide dinucleotide diphosphopyridine nucleotide dodecanucleotide duodecanucleotide ectonucleotide endonucleotide exonucleotide fluoronucleotide glyceronucleotide heptanucleotide heteronucleotide hexanucleotide homonucleotide internucleotide intranucleotide kilonucleotide meganucleotide mononucleotide multinucleotide nonanucleotide nucleotidase nucleotidic nucleotidyl nucleotidylexotransferase nucleotidyltransferase octanucleotide oligodeoxynucleotide oligonucleotide pentanucleotide phosphonucleotide polynucleotidase polynucleotide quadranucleotide radionucleotide ribonucleotide septanucleotide tetranucleotide trinucleotide trinucleotide repeat disorder triphosphopyridine nucleotide undecanucleotide

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