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Nucleotide vs Nucleolytic - What's the difference?

nucleotide | nucleolytic |

As a noun nucleotide

is .

As an adjective nucleolytic is

of or pertaining to cutting the nucleotide-nucleotide link in dna or rna.

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

    nucleolytic

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of or pertaining to cutting the nucleotide-nucleotide link in DNA or RNA.