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A glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
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nucleoside
Word definitions for nucleoside in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nucleoside \nucleoside\ n. (Biochem.) A type of molecule found in all living organisms, present mostly in chemically combined form as a component of nucleic acids, and also in smaller amounts in free form, consisting of a pentose sugar bound to a purine ...
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n. a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biochemistry English) an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose ...
Usage examples of nucleoside.
We tried everything against that virus we could think of, but none of the usual nucleoside analogues made a dent in its multiplication.
Pharmaceutical companies are trying combinations of nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors, everything from Abacavir to Zidovudine, to hit Rhesus.
The virus mistakes the drug components for natural nucleosides and subsequently incorporates them into the synthesis of viral DNA.
They already know that neither successful AIDS drugs nor stealth nucleosides work.