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heptanucleotide

heptanucleotide noun: a codon containing seven nucleotides.

Noun

heptanucleotide (plural heptanucleotides)

  1. A codon containing seven nucleotides.
    • Van Belkum et al. report one example of a heptanucleotide 5’-GTGATTA-3’ in Helicobacter pylori.2015 December 23, “Investigation of a Quadruplex-Forming Repeat Sequence Highly Enriched in Xanthomonas and Nostoc sp.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of heptanucleotide

pluralheptanucleotides

Origin of heptanucleotide

From hepta- + nucleotide.

Questions about heptanucleotide

What does heptanucleotide mean?
Heptanucleotide means a codon containing seven nucleotides.
What part of speech is heptanucleotide?
Heptanucleotide is a noun.
What is the plural of heptanucleotide?
The plural of heptanucleotide is heptanucleotides.

Words near heptanucleotide in the dictionary

  1. heptanones
  2. heptanonitrile
  3. heptanoyl
  4. heptanoyls
  5. heptanuclear
  6. heptanucleotide
  7. heptanucleotides
  8. heptaose
  9. heptaoses
  10. heptaoxide
  11. heptaoxides

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