Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Nucleotide:
A
nucleoside
bonded
to a
phosphate group
at carbon 3' or carbon 5', or both.
2'-
Deoxy
thymidine
, a
nucleoside
.
2'-
Deoxy
cytidine
nucleotides.
Nucleotides in the
primary structure
of
DNA
.
Related terms:
RNA
,
phosphodiester
,
nucleobase
,
adenine
,
cytosine
,
guanine
,
thymine
,
uracil
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