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Deoxynucleotide vs Deoxynucleotidyl - What's the difference?

deoxynucleotide | deoxynucleotidyl |

As nouns the difference between deoxynucleotide and deoxynucleotidyl

is that deoxynucleotide is (biochemistry|genetics) any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar while deoxynucleotidyl is (biochemistry|especially in combination) the univalent radical derived from a deoxynucleotide.

deoxynucleotide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar

    • Derived terms

    * dideoxynucleotide * trideoxynucleotide * hexadeoxynucleotide

    deoxynucleotidyl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical derived from a deoxynucleotide