deoxyribonucleotide
n.
an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid , the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated TMP ), deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP ), deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP ), and deoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP ).
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