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NUCLEOSIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nucleoside" is a kind of...):
glycoside (a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nucleoside"):
adenosine ((biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP)
inosine (a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar)
deoxyadenosine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose)
cytidine; deoxycytidine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose)
deoxyguanosine; guanosine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose)
deoxythymidine; thymidine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose)
Context examples:
An oral formulation of the phosphate salt of fludarabine, a synthetic purine nucleoside analogue antimetabolite with antineoplastic activity.
(Oral Fludarabine Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in nucleoside triphosphate synthesis, lipid and protein phosphorylation, apoptosis and the regulation of cell proliferation.
(Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase A, NCI Thesaurus)
Type of substance that may be described as a linear sequence of nucleosides typically linked through phosphate esters.
(Nucleic Acids, NCI Thesaurus)
Nucleotides are composed of a nucleoside and one to three phosphate groups.
(Nucleic Acids, Nucleosides, and Nucleotides, NCI Thesaurus)
The triacetate salt of azauridine, a synthetic triazine nucleoside derivative possessing antineoplastic and anti-psoriatic activity.
(Azaribine, NCI Thesaurus)
Clofarabine is a type of nucleoside analog.
(Clofarabine, NCI Dictionary)
A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of thymidine.
(Alovudine, NCI Thesaurus)
The components in Antrodia cinnamomea supplement are rather complex, however, rich in triterpenoids, polysaccharides, nucleosides (adenosine) nucleic acids, superoxide dismutase, other small molecular weight proteins and steroid like compounds.
(Antrodia cinnamomea Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)
A nucleoside that is composed of adenine and d-ribose.
(Adenosine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A pyrimidine nucleoside analogue of cytidine with antineoplastic activity.
(Azacitidine, NCI Thesaurus)
