Chemicals and Drugs

Nucleotides

The monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed. They consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)

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The monomeric units from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed. They consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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pyridine nucleotides are probably NAD or NADP; /anal: consider also NUCLEOTIDE MAPPING

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Nucleotides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009711. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009711
  2. Nucleotides. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotide
  3. Nucleotides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28745