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Deoxyribose vs Oligodeoxyribonucleotide - What's the difference?

deoxyribose | oligodeoxyribonucleotide |

As nouns the difference between deoxyribose and oligodeoxyribonucleotide

is that deoxyribose is (carbohydrate) a derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-oh) is reduced to a hydrogen (h); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that comprise the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or dna while oligodeoxyribonucleotide is (biochemistry) any oligonucleotide composed of deoxyribose monomemers.

deoxyribose

English

(wikipedia deoxyribose)

Noun

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  • (carbohydrate) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that comprise the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.

    • Alternative forms

    * desoxyribose

    oligodeoxyribonucleotide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any oligonucleotide composed of deoxyribose monomemers.