Nucleotide

Introduction: Nucleotide

Description of Nucleotide

Nucleotide: The substances forming one "letter" in the code for DNA.

Nucleotide: Originally a combination of a (nucleic acid) purine or pyrimidine, one sugar (usually ribose or deoxyribose), and a phosphoric group; by extension, any compound containing a heterocyclic compound bound to a phosphorylated sugar by an N-glycosyl link (e.g., adenosine monophosphate, NAD⁺). For individual nucleotides see specific names. SYN: mononucleotide.
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Nucleotide: nucleoside phosphates, the building blocks of nucleic acids.
Source: CRISP

Nucleotide: The monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed. They consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Nucleotide:

Related Topics

• Base Sequence

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Nucleotide:

• Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars
• Arabinonucleotides
• Deoxyribonucleotides
• Nucleotides, Cyclic
• Polynucleotides
• Purine Nucleotides
• Pyrimidine Nucleotides
• Ribonucleotides
• Thionucleotides
• Dinucleoside Phosphates

Source - MeSH 2007

• deoxyribonucleotide
• nucleoside monophosphate
• nucleoside triphosphate
• polynucleotide
• purine nucleotide
• pyridine nucleotide
• pyrimidine nucleotide
• ribonucleotide
• sugar nucleotide
• synthetic nucleotide

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Nucleotide

• Glycosides

Source - MeSH 2007

• nucleoside

Source - CRISP

The term Nucleotide can be used for:

• activated aminoacid
• adenylated aminoacid
• aminoacyl nucleotide
• aminoacyladenylate
• nucleoside diphosphate

Source: CRISP

The description of Nucleotide may also be used for the following terms:

• flavin nucleotide

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Nucleotide

The following list attempts to classify Nucleotide into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Carbohydrates
  • Glycosides
    • Nucleotides

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
  • Nucleotides

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