A purine or pyrimidine base attached to a five-carbon sugar, to which a mono-, di-, or triphosphate is also attached. The monomeric unit of DNA and RNA.
Molecules that comprise the building blocks of DNA.
One of the compounds into which nucleic acid splits on hydrolysis, consisting of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.
Basic building block of DNA and RNA.
A subunit of DNA or RNA, it consists of nitrogenous base (adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), or cytosine (C) in DNA; adenine (A), guanine (G), uracil (U), or cytosine (C) in RNA), a phosphate molecule, and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA). Thousands of nucleotides are linked to form a DNA or RNA molecule. It is the sequence and number of nucleotides that determine the species and details of an organism.
A subunit of DNA or RNA molecules, part of the genetic code.
The smallest repeating unit out of which nucleic acids are built.
Building blocks of DNA and RNA. Nucleotides are composed of phosphate, sugar and one of four bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine and uracil (RNA) or thymine (DNA). Three bases form a codon, which specifies a particular amino acid; amino acids are strung together to form proteins. Strings of thousands of nucleotides form a DNA or RNA molecule.
a monomer of the nucleic acids composed of a five-carbon sugar, a nitrogen-containing base, and phosphoric acid
A cellular constituent that is one of the building blocks of ribonucleic acids (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In biological systems, nucleotides are linked by enzymes in order to make long, chainlike polynucleotides of defined sequence.
subunits that compose nucleic acids. Nucleotide triphosphates (NTPs) are used for nucleic acid synthesis. Composed of either ribose or deoxyribose sugar, phosphate groups and one of four nitrogen bases.
The smallest subunit of DNA or RNA.
Repeating section in the double-twisted DNA chain, consisting of three units: a base, a phosphate, and a sugar, constituting half of the cross-rung of the DNA helix.
molecules constituting the DNA chain. There are four nucleotides, composed of nucleic acid bases combining two-by-two (base pairs).
Nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups joined in ester linkages to the sugar moiety. DNA and RNA are polymers of nucleotides.
The structural unit of nucleic acids. A subunit of DNA or RNA consisting of purine bases (adenine, guanine), pyrimidine bases (thymine, or cytosine in DNA; uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate molecule, and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA). Thousands of nucleotides are linked to form a DNA or RNA molecule.
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Uracil. These are the monomers that make up oligo- or polynucleotides such as RNA.
The subunit, or chain-link, in DNA and RNA, composed of a sugar, a base, and at least one phosphate group.
A subunit of DNA or RNA. To form a DNA or RNA molecule, thousands of nucleotides are joined in a long chain.
Monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed. They consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose, and a phosphoric acid group. The nucleotides of DNA are deoxyadenylic acid, thymidylic acid, deoxyguanilic acid, and deoxycytidylic acid. Those of RNA are adenylic acid, uridylic acid, guanylic acid and cytidylic acid.
one of the compounds into which a nucleic acid is split by the action of a nuclease; nucleotides are composed of a base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.
a single unit of nucleic acid, composed of a phosphate, a five-carbon sugar, and a purine or pyrimidine.
A molecule consisting of a nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups. Nucleotides are the "building blocks" of nucleic acids.
one of the monomers that make up DNA and RNA; it consists of a nitrogen-containing base (a purine or pyrimidine), a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and a phosphate.
a single molecule composed of a phosphate, a five carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base that makes up the sequences of DNA.
A compound formed by covalent binding of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate. For example, dAMP.
A basic structural unit of RNA and DNA, made of a ribose or deoxyribose sugar and a purine or pyrinidine base and a phosphate group.
a molecule formed from the combination of one nitrogenous base (purine or pyrimidine), a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and a phosphate group. It is a hydrolysis product of nucleic acid.
A single unit of nucleic acid. In DNA they are composed of phosphate, deoxyribose (a sugar), and either a purine (for adenine and guanine) or pyrimidine (for cytosine and thymine) base.
unit from which nucleic acids are constructed by polymerization. It contains a sugar, a phosphate group, and an organic base. ATP is a nucleotide.
The monomeric unit that makes up the DNA or RNA, formed by a phosphate group, a pentose and one of the nitrogenous bases (A, T/U, C, G). Nucleotides in RNA are adenylate, guanylate, cytidylate and uridylate; in DNA, they are (d)adenylate, (d)guanylate, (d)cytidylate and thymidylate.
A sub-unit of DNA or RNA, consisting of a base (purine or pyrimidine), a sugar and a phosphate. The sequence of bases in adjacent nucleotides within a gene determines which protein is encoded by the gene.
a component of nucleic acids containing a cyclic five-carbon sugar (ribose in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA), a purine (guanine or adenine) or pyrimidine (cytosine or uridine in RNA and thymidine in DNA) base attached to the 1'-carbon atom of the sugar and a phosphate attached to the 5'carbon of the sugar.
A compound consisting of a nitrogenous base, a simple sugar, and a phosphate group.
The basic chemical unit (monomer) in a nucleic acid. A nucleotide in RNA consists of one of four nitrogenous bases linked to ribose, which in turn is linked to phosphate. In DNA, deoxyribose is present instead of ribose.
The basic structural component of nucleic acids such as RNA and DNA
The monomer of a nucleic acid. Nucleotides consist of (1) a phosphate group, a group of atoms containing phosphorus; (2) a sugar; and (3) a nitrogenous base, a compound containing nitrogen that removes H+ ions from solution. Nucleotides are grouped into two general classes, depending on the sugar group that they carry: deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) contain the sugar deoxyribose and ribonucleic acids (RNA) contain the sugar ribose. Nucleotides are further divided by the type of nitrogenous base that they carry. DNA is composed of adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. RNA is composed of adenine, uracil, guanine, and cytosine.
Basic unit of nucleic acid that makes up DNA (which carries genetic information) and RNA (which is involved in protein synthesis).
The subunits of a nucleic acid consisting of a sugar, phosphate and one of four types of bases; adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T) (or uracil, U in the case of RNA).
The chemical name of the building blocks of DNA—A,C,T and G. DNA is a string of nucleotides.
the unit that makes up nucleic acid; contains a nitrogen base, a phosphate group, and a carbohydrate molecule.
Hydrolysis product (monomeric unit) of nucleic acids.- valent vertices Vertex of a linear graph at which bonds (edges) are attached.
building block of a nucleic acid; composed of a sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base
a compound which has a base that contains nitrogen. The base is linked to a sugar-phosphate backbone. Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are made of long chains of linked nucleotides.
The basic structural units of DNA, in particular adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C).
Compare with nucleoside. A molecule which is a basic building block of nucleic acids and which plays a key role in energy transfer in biochemical reactions. Nucleotides consist of a five-carbon sugar, a heterocyclic nitrogen-containing organic base, and a phosphate group.
The basic unit of DNA. Many nucleotides are linked together to form a nucleic acid such as DNA.
A subunit of DNA or RNA consisting of a nitrogenous base, a sugar (deoxyribose or ribose in DNA or RNA, respectively), and a phosphate molecule. DNA and RNA are long, linear arrays of nucleotides formed by linking the phosphate of one nucleotide to the sugar of the next.
any of a group of nolecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanosine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
A sub-unit of DNA made of a molecule of sugar, a molecule of phosphoric acid, and a molecule called a base.
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
a chemical compound made of a purine or pyrimidine base attached to a five-carbon sugar molecule
a complex chemical structure composed of a (nucleic acid) purine or pyrimidine , one sugar (usually ribose or deoxyribose ), and a phosphoric group
a composed of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups
a compound that consists of a nucleoside esterified with a phosphate molecule
a group of compounds consisting of a sugar, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen base
a monomer or single unit of a stretch of a nucleic acid molecule, either DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA (ribonucleic acid)
an organic molecule consisting
an organic monomer consisting of a five carbon sugar, a nitrogen base, and a phosphate group
Nucleotides are the building blocks that make up DNA and RNA molecules. A single nucleotide consisting of a nitrogenous base (adenosine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) or thymine (T) in DNA), a phosphate group, and a sugar
relatively small molecule, in which one of several nitrogenous base compounds is combined with other structural elements
A subunit of RNA or DNA containing a base, a phosphate, and a sugar; thousands of nucleotides link up to form a molecule of DNA or RNA.
the building block for DNA and RNA. Each nucleoide contains 1 phosphate, 1 ribose, and one of the 5 bases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, or uracil.
In molecular biology; the phosphate ester of a nucleoside, it may carry one, two or three phosphates linked to each other e.g. adenosine mono-, di- and triphosphates (AMP, ADP and ATP). The phosphates are carried on the 5' carbon atom of the ribose or deoxyribose part of the molecule. See also nucleic acid and oligonucleotide.
the basic unit of DNA consisting of a base (A, C, T, or G), a sugar, and a phosphate
An element of a DNA sequence, sometimes also called a base.
A chemical subunit composed of a five-carbon sugar, bonded to a phosphate group and nitrogenous base, which makes up DNA and RNA.
The "building blocks" that make up DNA; the four types are called Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine, and are abbreviated to A, T, C and G. The order in which they appear is the DNA sequence. In RNA, the Thymine is replaced by Uracil.
Building block of DNA or RNA. See base pair.
A nucleotide is formed by adding a sugar unit and a phosphate to a base.Nucleotide triphosphates are used by the cell to form the nucleic acid polymers RNA and DNA.
The basic building block of DNA and subsequently genes. A nucleotide has the ability to bind to another nucleotide in a neighboring DNA strand that has a structure that is complimentary to it (Ford, 1997).
comprised of 3 subunits, ribose or dideoxyribose attached to both a nitrogenous base and a mono-, di-, or triphosphate group.
The sub-unit of nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, that consists of a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. The bases are adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine in DNA and adenine, uracil, guanine and cytosine in RNA.
a base molecule+a sugar+phosphate
A subunit or base of DNA or RNA made up of adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T) or cytosine (C) for DNA; A, G, uracil (U) or C for RNA, along with a phosphate molecule and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA). Nucleotides are linked together to form a DNA or RNA molecule.
A monomeric unit of nucleic acid, consisting of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base.
A compound comprising a nucleoside linked to phosphoric acid. When polymerised give rise to nucleic acids.
One or the structural component, or bump thing blocks, or DNA and RNA. A nucleotide consists or a base (one or four chemicals: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine) plus a molecule or sugar and one or phosphoric acid.
One of the building blocks of DNA or RNA. There are four nucleotides in DNA: Adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T). These are the "letters" or "bases" of the genetic code.
The basic unit of DNA or RNA, consisting of one chemical base, a phosphate group, and a sugar molecule.
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One of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. A nucleotide is comprised of one base (either adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine), one molecule of sugar, and one molecule of phosphoric acid.
A primary component of DNA comprising a base (A, G, C, T) and supporting phosphate and sugar molecules.
One of the four building blocks of DNA (dATP, dGTP, dCTP, or dTTP) or RNA (ATP, CTP, GTP, or UTP) that are combined to form the nucleic acids. A nucleotide contains the base attached to a phosphorylated form of ribose or 2-deoxyribose.
The molecular unit from which DNA and RNA are made. In DNA, a nucleotide consists of a 'base' [adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) or thymine (T)] linked to the sugar deoxyribose and a phosphate group. Many nucleotide units joined together via their sugar-phosphate groups make up a DNA molecule. In RNA, the sugar is ribose and the base thymine is replaced by uracil (U). The sequence of a DNA or RNA molecule is usually described as the sequence of its bases, e.g. AAAAGTTCGTCTAGGTC. A trinucleotide is a set of three nucleotides, e.g. CGG
Phosphoric acid esters of nucleosides, the structural units in both RNA and DNA.
A molecule consisting of phosphate, 5-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and a purine or a pyrimidine; the purines are adenine and guanine, and the pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine, and uracil.
Nucleic acid chains are composed of subunits called nucleotides. Nucleosides are related to nucleotides, the subunits of nucleic acids; however, nucleosides do not carry the phosphate groups of the nucleotides.
A molecule composed of a nitrogen base, a sugar and a phosphate group - the basic building blocks of nucleic acids.
The basic units that make up the DNA molecule. Each nucleotide contains one of the four bases, A, G, T, or C.
A piece of DNA that contains one base, one phosphate group, and one sugar unit. Thousands of nucleotides joined in sequence make a molecule of DNA.
The basic unit of DNA, consisting of adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine, and deoxyribose, and phosphate.
A molecule consisting of a nitrogenous base (A,G, T, or C in DNA; A, G, U or C in RNA), a phosphate moiety and a sugar group (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA). Thousands of nucleotides are linked to form a DNA or RNA molecule.
The building blocks of DNA. Two strips of nucleotides twist around each other to form the double helix structure.
the building block of DNA and RNA
a nucleoside in which the sugar carries at least one phosphate group; nucleotides are the subunits that make up nucleic acid.
The basic structural units of nucleic acids. DNA and RNA are made up of nucleotides.
Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids, DNA, and RNA. Nucleotides are composed of phosphate groups, a five-sided sugar molecule (ribose sugars in RNA, deoxyribose sugars in DNA), and nitrogen-containing bases. These fall into two classes: pyrimidines and purines. A nucleotide without its phosphate group is called a nucleoside.
The building block of nucleic acids. A nucleotide is made up of a 5C sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and one of five nitrogenous bases.
One of the four molecules that form the basic structural units of DNA.
building blocks of nucleic acids; made up of a nucleotide base, a pentose sugar and one to three phosphate groups.
one of the building blocks that make up the genetic material (DNA and RNA). Nucleotides consist of a base (adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine or uracil), a sugar and a phosphate group.
elementary component of nucleic acids ( DNA or RNA), consisting of a nitrogenous base, purine (adenine A; guanine G) or pyrimidine (cytosine C; thymine T in DNA, or uracil U in RNA), associated with phosphate and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA)
One of the structural components of DNA and RNA; composed of one sugar molecule, one phosphoric acid molecule, and one nitrogenous base molecule (adenine, cytosine, guanine, or thymine). [“Base” and “nucleotide” are used interchangeably in referring to residues that compose polynucleotide chains of DNA or RNA.
A subunit of DNA or RNA composed of a nitrogenous base, a phosphate molecule, and a pentose sugar molecule.
Organic compound composed of a sugar, a phosphate and a base. Two nucleotides joined crosswise by specific pairings of the bases make one rung in the DNA molecule's double helix "ladder."
mononucleotide; phosphate + sugar + base covalently bonded into one molecule.
A building block of DNA and RNA.
The basic building blocks of DNA. Nucleotides consist of one of the four bases, bound to a type of sugar called 'deoxyribose' and a molecule of phosphate. Just as proteins are made of long chains of amino acids, DNA is made of long chains of nucleotides.
A subunit of DNA. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base (adenine, thymine, guanine or cytosine), a sugar molecule (deoxyribose), and a phosphate group.
a nucleotide is the basic unit of a polynucleotide chain. It is made up of a phosphate, a nitrogenous bases, uracil, adenine, guanine, or cytosine, and a sugar that is either dexoyribose or ribose.
The basic building block of nucleic acids (including DNA). There are four of them: Adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine.
A small molecule composed of three parts: a nitrogen base (a purine or pyrimidine), a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and phosphate. Nucleotides serve as the building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).
A molecule consisting of a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA; adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate group, and a sugar (deoxyribose in DNA; ribose in RNA). DNA and RNA are polymers of many nucleotides.
The basic structural units of nucleic acids. The four nucleotides: Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Thymine (T).
a molecule made up of a purine or pyrimidine base, a sugar, and inorganic phosphate.
a molecular compound forming nucleic acid; the basic building blocks of RNA and DNA.
Chemical components of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA consisting of sugar (desoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA), a phosphate group and either a purine or pyrimidine base. In the DNA sequence they are symbolised by the four initial letters of the bases adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine: A, G, C, T.
a building block of RNA and DNA that consists of a base, a sugar, and a phosphate group. A phosphorylated nucleoside (see NUCLEOSIDE and PHOSPHORYLATION).
one of the monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed, consisting of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose, and a phosphoric acid group
A subunit of DNA or RNA, consisting of one chemical base plus a phosphate molecule and a sugar molecule.
A subunit of DNA or RNA consisting of a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA; adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate molecule, and a sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA). Thousands of nucleotides are linked to form a DNA or RNA molecule. See DNA, base pair, RNA.
Base unit of nucleic acids (DNA/RNA). deoxyadenylic acid (dATP), deoxycytidylic acid (dCTP), deoxyguanylic acid (dGTP), and deoxythymidylic acid (dTTP). (dUTP replaces dTTP in RNA)
Any of several compounds that consist of a ribose or deoxyribose sugar joined to a purine or pyrimidine base and to a phosphate group and that are the basic structural units of nucleic acids (as RNA and DNA).
nt) A simple molecule that forms the building blocks of RNA (and DNA).
A subunit of DNA or RNA chemically consisting of a purine or pyrimidine base, a phosphodiester, and a sugar.
the "building block" of nucleic acids, such as the DNA molecule. A nucleotide consists of one of four bases - adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine - attached to a phosphate-sugar group. In DNA the sugar group is deoxyribose, while in RNA (a DNA-related molecule which helps to translate genetic information into proteins), the sugar group is ribose, and the base uracil substitutes for thymine. Each group of three nucleotides in a gene is known as a codon. A nucleic acid is a long chain of nucleotides joined together, and therefore is sometimes referred to as a "polynucleotide."
a subunit of a DNA or RNA molecule that is made up of a DNA or RNA nitrogenous base (A,T, C, G, U), plus a phosphate molecule and a sugar molecule, which together provide the backbone of the "ladder" in the double helix structure.
A subunit of DNA or RNA, consisting of a phosphate molecule, a five-carbon sugar (either ribose or deoxyribose), and a purine or a pyrimidine base.
A subunit of nucleic acids containing a sugar, a phosphate molecule, and a nitrogenous base. Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine make up the bases in the nucleotides of DNA. The corresponding nucleotides are called adenosine, thymidine, guanosine, and cytidine.
DNA is a very large molecule, made up of smaller units called nucleotides that are strung together in a row, making a DNA molecule ... (IOCeleraGenome) Nucleotídeo A. Jeffreys descobre que o material genético de um indivíduo contém seqüências únicas de nucleotídeos, os elementos que compõe o DNA. (POUniverRS)
A purine (adenine or guanine) or pyrimidine (cytosine, uracil or thymine) linked to a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) which is linked to a phosphate.
The building block of nucleic acids which consists of a phosphate group linked to a five-carbon-atom sugar which in turn is joined to a nitrogen-containing base (either cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, or uracil).
The basic unit of a nucleic acid. It consists of a simple sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen-containing base.
A unit from which DNA molecules are made.
The building block of a nucleic acid, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine, or uracil) and a phosphate group.
A subunit of DNA or RNA that includes one base, one phosphate molecule, and one sugar molecule (deoxyribose in DNA, ribose in RNA). See base.
the base unit of DNA. Nucleotides make up the 'rungs' of the ladder-shaped DNA double helix. Nucleotides can be either A,G,C or T and different combinations of these are used to encode the information that DNA contains.
a compound made of a base, a sugar, and a phosphate; the bits that make up nucleic acid inside a cell, including RNA and DNA.
The building blocks of DNA which consist of a base, sugar, and phosphate group.
The basic unit of DNA and RNA, consisting of a phosphate, a ribose sugar and a purine or pyrimidine base in an exact order.
One of the four DNA chemical submits: (A + sugar and phosphate), (T + sugar and phosphate), (G + sugar and phosphate), (C + sugar and phosphate). 3 billion nucleotides make up a human's genetic code.
An individual unit of DNA.
The building blocks of DNA and RNA. There are four nucleotides for DNA: adenine (A) and guanine (G), which are known as 'purines'; and thymine (T) and cytosine (C), which are known as 'pyrimidines'. In RNA, thymine is replaced by uracil (U). Nucleotides are arranged in triplets, called codons.
Subunit that polymerizes into nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base; a sugar; and one to three phosphate groups.
One of the building blocks of the nucleic acids. It has 3 components: a base, a sugar and a phosphate.
A molecule which contains three components: a sugar (deoxyribose in DNA, ribose in RNA), a phosphate group, and a heterocyclic base. Figure 7 Nucleotides
A unit of nucleic acid composed of phosphate, ribose or deoxyribose, and a purine or pyrimidine base.
nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups linked via an ester bond to the sugar moiety. DNA and RNA are polymers of nucleotides. ( Figure 4-1a and Table 4-1)
One of the structural components, or building blocks, of DNA and RNA. A nucleotide consists of a base (one of four chemicals: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine) plus a molecule of sugar and one of phosphoric acid. [ Talking Glossary
Repeating basic building block of DNA consisting of nitrogen-based molecules of adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
The four chemical building blocks of DNA [A(denine), C(ytosine), G(uanine), T(hymine)] are called nucleotides. Millions of nucleotides together form a DNA chain.
A nucleotide is a chemical compound that consists of a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups. In the most common nucleotides the base is a derivative of purine or pyrimidine, and the sugar is the pentose (five-carbon sugar) deoxyribose or ribose. Nucleotides are the monomers of nucleic acids, with three or more bonding together in order to form a nucleic acid.