Organic Chemical
deoxyguanosine
Subclass of:
Deoxyribonucleosides;
Guanosine
Definitions related to deoxyguanosine:
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A nucleoside consisting of the base guanine and the sugar deoxyribose.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A purine nucleoside comprised of a guanine bound to the 1' position of deoxyribose. Phosphorylated forms of deoxyguanosine are substrates for DNA synthesis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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