deoxyribonucleotide

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deoxyribonucleotide - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  deoxyribonucleotide \deoxyribonucleotide\ n.
     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-5'-phosphate (abbreviated
     TMP), deoxyadenosine-5'-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP),
     deoxyguanosine-5'-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and
     deoxycytidine-5'-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP).
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