Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Nucleoside:
A
molecule
consisting of the
ribofuranose
(in
RNA
) or 2'-
deoxy
ribofuranose
(in
DNA
) with a
purine
or
pyrimidine
nucleobase
bonded
to the
anomeric carbon
(the 1' carbon) of the
furanose
ring.
The Four
DNA
Nucleosides
Deoxy
adenosine
(A)
Deoxy
cytidine
(C)
Deoxy
guanosine
(G)
Deoxy
thymidine
(T)
Related terms:
Nucleotide
,
phosphate group
,
phosphodiester
,
adenine
,
cytosine
,
guanine
,
thymine
,
uracil
,
primary structure
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