nucleotides
Meaning of nucleotides
noun
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.
Information about nucleotides
- It is a name.
- The singular form of nucleotides is: nucleotide.
- Languages in which nucleotides is used:
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Hyphenation of nucleotides
nu-cleo-tides
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- nucleotides is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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