DEOXYRIBOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deoxyribose mean? 

• DEOXYRIBOSE (noun)
  The noun DEOXYRIBOSE has 1 sense:

1. a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids

  Familiarity information: DEOXYRIBOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEOXYRIBOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("deoxyribose" is a kind of...):

carbohydrate; saccharide; sugar (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)

 Context examples 

DNA Synthesis is the polymeric linkage of deoxyribose moieties (with adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine side chains) by phosphate groups attached to their 5-prime and 3-prime sugar hydroxyls.

(DNA Synthesis, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the glycosylamines consisting of either a purine or pyrimidine nucleobase, to a ribose or deoxyribose ring.

(Nucleoside, NCI Thesaurus)

While morpholinos have standard nucleic acid bases, those bases are bound to morpholine rings instead of deoxyribose rings and linked through phosphorodiamidate groups instead of phosphates.

(Morpholino, NCI Thesaurus)

The monomer structure (nucleoside) contains either a purine or pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose or ribose carbohydrate group.

(Nucleic Acids, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon ingestion of deuterium oxide, 2H is incorporated into the deoxyribose moiety of DNA of newly divided cells.

(Deuterium Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside consisting of the base guanine and the sugar deoxyribose.

(Deoxyguanosine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A uracil nucleotide comprised of three phosphate groups esterified to the deoxyribose sugar moiety.

(Deoxyuridine Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleotide comprised of either a purine or pyrimidine nitrogenous base bound to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with three phosphate groups.

(Deoxyribonucleotide Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside component of DNA, composed of cytosine and deoxyribose, with chemopreventive activity.

(Deoxycytidine, NCI Thesaurus)

A molecule consisting of a nitrogen-containing base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA; adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate group, and a sugar (deoxyribose in DNA; ribose in RNA).

(Nucleotide, NCI Dictionary)