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Deoxyribose
Meaning
Noun
●
In Carbohydrates:
A
derivative
of the
pentose
sugar
ribose
in which the 2'
hydroxyl
(-OH) is
reduced
to a
h
ydrogen (H); it is a
constituent
of the
nucleotides
that
constitute
the
biopolymer
,
deoxyribonucleic acid
, or DNA.
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Origin
deoxyribose
English
deoxy-
English
de-
English
de
Latin
oxy-
English
ribose
English
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Etym
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Nucleotide
Rna
Monosaccharide
Disaccharide
Glycine
Ribose
Cytosine
Adenine
Nucleotides
Thymine
Pyrimidine
Dna
Guanine
Pentose
Ligase
Uracil
Purine
Trna
Aldehyde
Monomer
Molecule
Phosphate
Dimer
Amine
Hydroxyl
Nucleic
Acetyl
Carbon
Hexoses
Monosaccharides
Galactose
Chromophore
Peptidoglycan
Enzyme
Amino
Triphosphate
Sphingosine
Side Chain
Fatty Acid
Dna Polymerase
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Amino Acid
Glutamic Acid
Benzene Ring
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