nukleotida

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English nucleotide.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /nukləoˈtida/ [nu.klə.oˈt̪i.da]
  • Rhymes: -ida
  • Syllabification: nu‧kle‧o‧ti‧da

Noun

nukleotida (plural nukleotida-nukleotida)

  1. (biochemistry) nucleotide: The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group

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