nucleotide

/ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd//ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/

nucleotide noun: the monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

Noun

nucleotide (plural nucleotides)

The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
- With a genome of only 400 million or so nucleotide bases, the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes rubripes, has the smallest known genome of any vertebrate animal. […] But the region of DNA between the landmarks can be a million or more nucleotides long.1993 December 28, James Younger, “Fishy Short Cut To Mapping Human Genome”, in The New York Times
- Magid draws […] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 464

nucleotide meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

nucleotide in Tamil

உட்கரு அமில மூலம், கருக்காடிக்கூறு, நியூக்கிளியோட்டைடு, நியூக்ளியோட்டைடு

nucleotide in Telugu

న్యూక్లియోటైడ్, న్యూక్లిఓటైడ్

nucleotide in Malayalam

ന്യൂക്ലിയോടൈഡ്, ന്യൂക്ലിഓടൈഡ്, ന്യൂക്ലിയോട്ടൈഡ്

nucleotide in Kannada

ನ್ಯೂಕ್ಲಿಯೋಟೈಡ್, ನ್ಯೂಕ್ಲಿಯೊಟೈಡ್, ನ್ಯೂಕ್ಲಿಓಟೈಡ್

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nucleotide in Gujarati: ન્યુક્લિયોટાઇડ, ન્યુક્લિઓટાઇડ
nucleotide in Indonesian: nukleotida

Examples of nucleotide in a sentence

The diversified gene differs from the germline gene by multiple nucleotides.
The processed miRNA duplex is 2’-O methylated and polyuridylated at the 3’-terminal nucleotide by a dsRNA methylase HEN1.
Of particular significance to our discussion has been the recent discovery of the phosphorylytic cleavage of the nucleotide phosphodiesters of RNA.

All 12 example sentences with nucleotide

Forms of nucleotide

plural	nucleotides

Plural of nucleotide: nucleotides

Origin of nucleotide

From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”).

Words formed from nucleotide

Questions about nucleotide

What does nucleotide mean?: Nucleotide means the monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
What is nucleotide in Tamil?: Nucleotide in Tamil is உட்கரு அமில மூலம், கருக்காடிக்கூறு, நியூக்கிளியோட்டைடு. See Nucleotide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nucleotide?: Nucleotide is a noun.
How do you pronounce nucleotide?: Nucleotide is pronounced /ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌtaɪd/.
What is the plural of nucleotide?: The plural of nucleotide is nucleotides.

Words near nucleotide in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: nucleotide (page history and authors); nucleotide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nucleotide (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nucleotide (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nucleotide (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nucleotide (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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