nucleotide en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/
- /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/ (US)
- /ˈn(j)u(ː)klioʊˌtaɪd/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English -ide English nucleotide From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”).
Meanings
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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.
Magid draws […] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.
2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 464: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.
1993 December 28, James Younger, “Fishy Short Cut To Mapping Human Genome”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nucleotides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
intranucleotide · undecanucleotide · homonucleotide · deoxyribonucleotide · duodecanucleotide · hexanucleotide · antinucleotide · oligonucleotide · dinucleotide · oligodeoxynucleotide · binucleotide · kilonucleotide · radionucleotide · ectonucleotide · trinucleotide · fluoronucleotide · pentanucleotide · nucleotidic · tetranucleotide · nonanucleotide · mononucleotide · heteronucleotide · meganucleotide · multinucleotide · dodecanucleotide · polynucleotidase · dideoxynucleotide · octanucleotide · heptanucleotide · diphosphopyridine nucleotide · exonucleotide · nucleotidase · nucleotidyl · trinucleotide repeat disorder · decanucleotide · internucleotide · septanucleotide · cyclic nucleotide · triphosphopyridine nucleotide · glyceronucleotide · quadranucleotide · ribonucleotide · endonucleotide · nucleotidylexotransferase · polynucleotide · desoxynucleotide · phosphonucleotide · nucleotidyltransferase · deoxynucleotide
Holonyms
Hyponyms
uridylate · cytidylate · guanylate · adenosine triphosphate · thymidylate · adenylate
Meronyms
Relateds
nucleoside · nucleobase · RNA · DNA
Translations (27)
eo nukleotido (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · ja ヌクレオチド (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · pl nukleotyd (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · is núkleótíð (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · is kirni (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · nan-hbl 核苷酸 (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · tr nükleotit (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · hu nukleotid (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · de Nukleotid (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · yue 核苷酸 (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · ko 뉴클레오티드 (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · el νουκλεοτίδιο (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · it nucleotide (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · uk нуклеоти́д (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · fr nucléotide (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · fi nukleotidi (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · cmn 核苷酸 (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · ca nucleòtid (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · es nucleótido (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · ro nucleotidă (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · ru нуклеоти́д (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · sv nukleotid (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · id nukleotida (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · km នុយក្លេអូទីត (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · pt nucleotídeo (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · cs nukleotid (monomer constituting DNA or RNA) · mi pūiokarihi (monomer constituting DNA or RNA)