Deoxyribose Common

Deoxyribose has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids

deoxyribose

A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.

See Also

deoxyriboside hydrogen sugar biopolymer nucleoside deoxyribose nucleic acid oligodeoxynucleotide nucleotide

Related Terms

deoxyriboside hydrogen sugar biopolymer nucleoside deoxyribose nucleic acid oligodeoxynucleotide nucleotide depyrimidination deoxyguanine monosaccharide thymidine deoxyribosyl hydroxyl ribonucleic acid dideoxynucleotide dna carbathymidine oh deoxyribofuranose

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

carbohydrate

Rhyming Words

ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose

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