Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nucleotide containing deoxyribose that is a constituent of DNA.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up
deoxyribonucleic acid , the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide arethymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviatedTMP ),deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviateddAMP ),deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviateddGMP ), anddeoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviateddCMP ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry (
genetics ) Anynucleotide containingdeoxyribose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They provide electrons for deoxyribonucleotide synthesis, function as antioxidant defenses, in detoxification, Fe/S biogenesis and participate in a variety of cellular processes.
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Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in deoxyribonucleotide synthesis essential for DNA replication and repair.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue F. Z. Avval 2009
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Folate deficiency decreases thymidylate synthesis from deoxyuridylate, which results in an imbalance of deoxyribonucleotide that may lead to excessive uracil misincorporation (UrMis) into
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition current issue Hazra, A., Selhub, J., Chao, W.-H., Ueland, P. M., 2009
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PCR reaction mixtures (50 µl) generally contained sterile molecular-grade water, 1x reaction buffer, 1.5 mM magnesium chloride, 1.25 U (0.25 µl) Go Taq polymerase (Promega, UK), 0.25 mM deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate (dNTPs), and 50 pmol of each primer.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David W. Verner-Jeffreys et al. 2009
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