Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nucleoside that contains ribose as its sugar component.
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- noun Any
nucleoside component ofRNA
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[ribo(se) + nucleoside.]
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Examples
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Yann Astier, Orit Braha, and Hagan Bayley, “Toward single molecule DNA sequencing: Direct identification of ribonucleoside and deoxyribonucleoside 5'-monophosphates by using an engineered protein nanopore equipped with a molecular adapter,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 2006, 1705–1710.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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AICAR -- full name 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside -- works by stopping the calcium leak, thus preventing the vicious circle from getting under way.
NYDN Rss 2012
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