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Nucleotide: A subunit of DNA or RNA. To form a DNA or RNA molecule, thousands of nucleotides are joined in a long chain.
Each nucleotide is divided into three parts (with apologies to Caesar):
A DNA oligonucleotide is a short piece of DNA composed of relatively few (oligo-) nucleotide bases.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( nū ' klē-ə-tīd ' , nyū ' - ) n. Any of various compounds consisting of a nucleoside combined with a phosphate ...
noun Biochemistry . 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 ...
A nucleotide is a chemical compound with three components: a nitrogen-containing base, a pentose (five-carbon) sugar (relatively simple carbohydrates), and one or more ...
Nucleic acids (both RNA and DNA) are polymers made up of monomers called mononucleotide units (MNU in the diagram). These mononucleotide units are joined together by ...
nu·cle·o·tide (n kl--t d, ny-) n. Any of various compounds consisting of a nucleoside combined with a phosphate group and forming the basic constituent of DNA and RNA.