RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…
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a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns"
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns"
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA"
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, General chemistry, Molecular biology.ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell
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In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.A structure of nucleic acids and proteins found in the nucleus of cells, containing genetic information
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the acti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: phosphoric, ester, nucleoside, basic, structural.
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