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Definition of Nucleotides
1. nucleotide [n] - See also: nucleotide
Medical Definition of Nucleotides
1. The basic building blocks of nucleic acids. They are made up of a nitrogen-containing purine or pyrimidine base linked to a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and a phosphate group. (14 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleotides
Literary usage of Nucleotides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(6) The Nucleic Acids and the nucleotides i. Nucleic Acid in Animals and Plants
It turns out, as a result of recent studies, that there are two great types ..."
2. Nucleic Acids: Their Chemical Properties and Physiological Conduct by Walter Jones (1914)
"In the second phase the mono-nucleotides lose phosphoric acid and form the four
... As there is some reason to suppose that the pyrimidine nucleotides are ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The condition of experiment is the same as in Table 1. nucleotides further, the
effect of low and high concentrations of insulin was tested. ..."
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