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riboses

riboses is the plural of ribose.

Meaning of ribose

Noun

ribose (plural riboses)

  1. A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

Questions about riboses

What is riboses the plural of?
Riboses is the plural of ribose.

Words near riboses in the dictionary

  1. riborepressors
  2. ribose
  3. ribose 5-phosphate
  4. ribose nucleic acid
  5. ribose nucleic acids
  6. riboses
  7. riboside
  8. ribosides
  9. ribosidic
  10. ribosilation
  11. ribosomal

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