Definitions
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
Word origin
From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”).
Used in a sentence
“Magid draws […] a diagram depicting a restriction enzyme cutting neatly through a sequence of nucleotides.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“DNA unit”10 letters
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