Mesh term Nucleotides
Browse to parent terms:Glycosides
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
Description
The monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed. They consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group. (From King and Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)Browse to child terms:
Arabinonucleotides
Deoxyribonucleotides
Dideoxynucleotides
Dinucleoside Phosphates
Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars
Nucleotides, Cyclic
Polynucleotides
Purine Nucleotides
Pyrimidine Nucleotides
Ribonucleotides
Thionucleotides
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