Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pentose sugar, C5H10O5, occurring as a component of riboflavin, nucleotides, and nucleic acids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A syrupyl pentose, C5H10O5, formed by reducing ribonic acid with sodium amalgam and very dilute sulphuric acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A naturally occurring
pentose sugar , which is a component of thenucleosides andnucleotides that comprise thenucleic acid biopolymer ,RNA . It is also found inriboflavin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of the most beneficial mutations, seen repeatedly in separate cultures, was the bacterium’s loss of the ability to make a sugar called ribose, which is a component of RNA.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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One of the most beneficial mutations, seen repeatedly in separate cultures, was the bacterium’s loss of the ability to make a sugar called ribose, which is a component of RNA.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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One of the most beneficial mutations, seen repeatedly in separate cultures, was the bacterium’s loss of the ability to make a sugar called ribose, which is a component of RNA.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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One of the most beneficial mutations, seen repeatedly in separate cultures, was the bacterium’s loss of the ability to make a sugar called ribose, which is a component of RNA.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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The energy in your body is stored in packets called ATP as well as phosphocreatine, which are made up of a number of chemicals including a sugar called ribose, adenine which used to be called vitamin B4, and derivatives of B vitamins.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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The energy in your body is stored in packets called ATP as well as phosphocreatine, which are made up of a number of chemicals including a sugar called ribose, adenine which used to be called vitamin B4, and derivatives of B vitamins.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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But he did in Catalina, and the ribose did not immediately start the usual quick slide into tar when a pinch of boron was added.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Instead it stayed clear, and a very excited Benner believed he had found a way to allow the essential ribose to be created on early Earth while still keeping water in the picture.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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This is a significant issue in the origins-of-life world because ribose is the R of RNA, and it has to be stable enough at some point to bond with the other elements.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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The second part of the first problem involves the production of ribose, one of the constituents of RNA.
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