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 an adjective mispaired is
describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.
nucleotide
Noun
(
en noun)
(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.
Derived terms
* cyclic nucleotide
* deoxynucleotide
* deoxyribonucleotide
* dideoxynucleotide
* dinucleotide
* internucleotide
* mononucleotide
* nucleotidyltransferase
* oligodeoxynucleotide
* oligonucleotide
* polynucleotidase
* polynucleotide
* radionucleotide
* ribonucleotide
* tetranucleotide
* trinucleotide
* trinucleotide repeat disorder
Meronyms
* nucleobase
Holonyms
* codon
* DNA
* RNA
See also
* nucleoside
* nucleobase
* DNA
* RNA
mispaired
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(genetics) Describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.
Anagrams
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