Meaning

1 senses
  1. The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

    Nukleotid

    нуклеоти́дnukleotíd

    нуклеоти́дnukleotýd

More definitions
  • a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

Examples

2 sentences
  1. DNA is composed of four nucleotides: adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.

    ruДНК состоит из четырёх типов нуклеотидов: аденина, тимина, цитозина и гуанина. — Automotom

    deDie DNS ist aus vier Nukleinbasen aufgebaut: Adenin, Thymin, Cytosin und Guanin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. DNA is composed of four nucleotides: A, T, C, and G.

Translations

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