Nucleotide vs Abase - What's the difference?
nucleotide | abase |
(biochemistry) 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.
(archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
To lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
(obsolete) To lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.
As a noun 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.As a verb abase is
to lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.nucleotide
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(wikipedia nucleotide)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cyclic nucleotide * deoxynucleotide * deoxyribonucleotide * dideoxynucleotide * dinucleotide * internucleotide * mononucleotide * nucleotidyltransferase * oligodeoxynucleotide * oligonucleotide * polynucleotidase * polynucleotide * radionucleotide * ribonucleotide * tetranucleotide * trinucleotide * trinucleotide repeat disorderMeronyms
* nucleobaseHolonyms
* codon * DNA * RNASee also
* nucleoside * nucleobase * DNA * RNAabase
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Verb
(abas)- "Saying so, he abased his lance''." - ''
- "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased'' ." - ''Luke 14:11