nucleotide |
gigabase |
As nouns the difference between nucleotide and gigabase
is that
nucleotide is the monomer comprising 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 while
gigabase is one billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid.
base |
gigabase |
As an acronym base
is
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As a noun gigabase is
(genetics) one billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid.
billion |
gigabase |
As a noun gigabase is
(genetics) one billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid.