NUCLEOTIDE

nucleotide, base

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

nucleotide (plural nucleotides)

(biochemistry) 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.

Meronyms

• nucleobase

Holonyms

• codon

• DNA

• RNA

Source: Wiktionary

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