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IPA transcription: ['nukliə,taɪd]
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Noun
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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.