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pentaribonucleotide

pentaribonucleotide noun: an oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units.

Noun

pentaribonucleotide (plural pentaribonucleotides)

  1. An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units
    • This complex unwinds duplex DNA while synthesizing pentaribonucleotide RNA primers for use by the lagging strand polymerase (gp43).2015, Erin Noble et al., “Coordinated DNA Replication by the Bacteriophage T4 Replisome”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI

Forms of pentaribonucleotide

pluralpentaribonucleotides

Origin of pentaribonucleotide

From penta- + ribonucleotide.

Questions about pentaribonucleotide

What does pentaribonucleotide mean?
Pentaribonucleotide means an oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units.
What part of speech is pentaribonucleotide?
Pentaribonucleotide is a noun.
What is the plural of pentaribonucleotide?
The plural of pentaribonucleotide is pentaribonucleotides.

Words near pentaribonucleotide in the dictionary

  1. pentarchy
  2. pentarepeat
  3. pentarepeats
  4. pentaresistance
  5. pentaresistant
  6. pentaribonucleotide
  7. pentaribonucleotides
  8. pentarsic
  9. pentas
  10. pentasaccharide
  11. pentasaccharides

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