nucleoside

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nucleoside (plural nucleosides)

1. (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.

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• nucleobase

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• DNA
• nucleobase
• nucleotide
• RNA

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nucleoside m. (plural nucleosidi)

1. (biochemistry) nucleoside