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phosphothioate

phosphothioate is the misspelling of phosphorothioate.

Meaning of phosphorothioate

Noun

phosphorothioate (plural phosphorothioates)

  1. A derivative of phosphate in which an oxygen atom is replaced with sulfur; especially such a variant of nucleic acid

Questions about phosphothioate

What is phosphothioate the misspelling of?
Phosphothioate is the misspelling of phosphorothioate.

Words near phosphothioate in the dictionary

  1. phosphoswitches
  2. phosphosynthetic
  3. phosphotarget
  4. phosphotargets
  5. phosphotase
  6. phosphothioate
  7. phosphothiol
  8. phosphothiolated
  9. phosphothreonine
  10. phosphothreonines
  11. phosphotome

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