POLYNUCLEOTIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polynucleotide mean? 

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

1. (biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYNUCLEOTIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

 Context examples 

The process of determining the sequence of purines and pyrimidines in nucleic acids and polynucleotides.

(Nucleic Acid Sequencing, NCI Thesaurus)

An online resource of NCBI containing 3D macromolecular structures, including proteins and polynucleotides.

(Molecular Modeling Database, NCI Thesaurus)

Endoribonuclease Genes encode hydrolytic Endoribonucleases that hydrolyse internal ribonucleotide bonds of polynucleotides to yield oligonucleotides.

(Endoribonuclease Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrolase enzyme which makes oligonucleotides and polynucleotides by hydrolysing the interior bonds of ribonucleotides.

(Endoribonuclease, NCI Thesaurus)

A nonionic block copolymer adjuvant used to enhance viral or non-viral polynucleotide delivery in gene therapy vaccines.

(CRL 1005, NCI Thesaurus)