nucleotides
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004501
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). Many of nucleotides are linked to form a DNA or RNA molecule.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-004501 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | USDA Glossary of Agricultural Biotechnology Terms; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides; nucleosides; polynucleotides; nucleotide coenzymes; cyclic nucleotides; pyrimidine nucleotides; purine nucleotides; pyridine nucleotides; ribonucleotides |
| Translations | Spanish: nucleótidos |
Record as JSON
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"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "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). Many of nucleotides are linked to form a DNA or RNA molecule.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides",
"nucleosides",
"polynucleotides",
"nucleotide coenzymes",
"cyclic nucleotides",
"pyrimidine nucleotides",
"purine nucleotides",
"pyridine nucleotides",
"ribonucleotides"
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"references": [
"USDA Glossary of Agricultural Biotechnology Terms",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "nucleótidos"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/nucleotides/"
}
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