Meaning of Nucleotide | Babel Free
ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪdDefinitions
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.
Equivalents
العربية
النكليوتيد
Català
nucleòtid
Čeština
nukleotid
Esperanto
nukleotido
Español
nucleótido
Suomi
nukleotidi
Français
nucléotide
Bahasa Indonesia
nukleotida
Italiano
nucleotide
日本語
ヌクレオチド
ខ្មែរ
នុយក្លេអូទីត
한국어
뉴클레오티드
Polski
nukleotyd
Português
nucleotídeo
Română
nucleotidă
Русский
нуклеотид
Türkçe
nükleotit
Українська
нуклеотид
Examples
“With a genome of only 400 million or so nucleotide bases, the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes rubripes, has the smallest known genome of any vertebrate animal. […] But the region of DNA between the landmarks can be a million or more nucleotides long.”
“Magid draws […] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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