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deoxyriboses

deoxyriboses is the plural of deoxyribose.

Meaning of deoxyribose

Noun

deoxyribose (countable and uncountable, plural deoxyriboses)

  1. A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.

Questions about deoxyriboses

What is deoxyriboses the plural of?
Deoxyriboses is the plural of deoxyribose.

Words near deoxyriboses in the dictionary

  1. deoxyribopyrimidine
  2. deoxyribopyrimidines
  3. deoxyribose
  4. deoxyribose nucleic acid
  5. deoxyribose nucleic acids
  6. deoxyriboses
  7. deoxyriboside
  8. deoxyribosides
  9. deoxyribosyl
  10. deoxyribosyls
  11. deoxyribosylthymine

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