Medical Definition of Phosphodiester bond
1.
Not a precise term. Refers to any molecule in which two parts are joined through a phosphate group.
Examples are found in RNA, DNA, phospholipids, cyclic nucleotides, nucleotide diphosphates and triphosphates.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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