Organic Chemical
polynucleotide
pol·y·nu·cle·o·tide [ pol-ee-noo-klee-uh-tahyd, -nyoo- ]
Subclass of:
Nucleotides
Definitions related to polynucleotides:
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Chain structure containing numerous nucleotides linked together by phosphodiester bonds (5'-3'); the nucleotide units consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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BIOPOLYMERS composed of NUCLEOTIDES covalently bonded in a chain. The most common examples are DNA and RNA chains.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(nucleotide polymer) A biopolymer composed of nucleotide monomers.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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