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pentaribonucleotide en · NOUN

Etymology

From penta- + ribonucleotide.

Meanings

  1. An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units
    • This complex unwinds duplex DNA while synthesizing pentaribonucleotide RNA primers for use by the lagging strand polymerase (gp43). 2015, Erin Noble et al., “Coordinated DNA Replication by the Bacteriophage T4 Replisome”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI:

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