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Record 1 2005-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
DEF

A compound consisting of a purine or pyrimidine base linked to D-ribose or D-deoxyribose.

OBS

Deoxyribonucleosides or ribonucleosides are collectively called nucleosides. A nucleoside differs from a nucleotide in lacking a phosphate. Nucleosides are named according to the base (adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil or thymine) they contain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Biochimie
  • Génétique
DEF

Molécule formée d'un pentose, le ribose dans l'ARN ou le désoxyribose dans l'ADN, lié à une base nucléotidique.

OBS

Un nucléoside est, en quelque sorte, un nucléotide sans groupe phosphate.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología molecular
  • Bioquímica
  • Genética
DEF

Molécula con que se construye el ADN y el ARN, forma cadenas que componen el genoma y [según] la secuencia que guarda, constituye los diversos organismos.

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