See Also: nucleotide(encyclopedia)
nucleotide(dictionary)
Nucleotide(medicine)
nucleotide mapping(medicine)
nucleotide deletion(medicine)
nucleotide deaminases(medicine)
nucleotide phosphotransferase(medicine)
flavin nucleotide(medicine)
diphosphopyridine nucleotide(medicine)
cyclic nucleotide(medicine)

nucleotide (iou)



nucleotide noun. E20.
[from NUCLEO- + euphonic -t- + -IDE.]
Biochemistry. A compound in which a phosphate group is linked to the sugar of a nucleoside; spec. such a compound obtained by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid (polynucleotide).
nucleo'tidase noun an enzyme which catalyses the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphate E20.