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IPA transcription: ['nukliə,taɪd]

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Noun

  • a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

Usage examples

  • This process is known as nucleotide excision repair.
  • This prevents the reduction of nucleotide diphosphates, causing a reduction of viral replication.
  • It is thus one type of nucleotide.
  • Prominent trinucleotide repeat disorders include Fragile X syndrome and Huntington's disease.
  • Each enzyme split the molecule at location points for specific nucleotides.
  • This property results in the characteristic of anticipation seen in trinucleotide repeat disorders.
  • The nucleotide sequence written in bold characters signifies the repeated sequence.
  • Nucleotide similarity matrices are used to align nucleic acid sequences.
  • Each strand is a long polymer chain of repeating nucleotides.