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Nucleoside vs Deoxynucleoside - What's the difference?

nucleoside | deoxynucleoside |

As nouns the difference between nucleoside and deoxynucleoside

is that nucleoside is nucleoside while deoxynucleoside is (biochemistry) any nucleoside containing a deoxy sugar.

nucleoside

English

Noun

(wikipedia nucleoside) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.
  • Derived terms

    * nucleosidase

    Meronyms

    * nucleobase

    See also

    * DNA * nucleobase * nucleotide * RNA ----

    deoxynucleoside

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any nucleoside containing a deoxy sugar