Chemicals and Drugs

Polynucleotides

BIOPOLYMERS composed of NUCLEOTIDES covalently bonded in a chain. The most common examples are DNA and RNA chains.

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BIOPOLYMERS composed of NUCLEOTIDES covalently bonded in a chain. The most common examples are DNA and RNA chains.

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  • Polynucleotide

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

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Indexing Annotation

13 or more nucleotides

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  1. D13.695w.578w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Polynucleotides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011119. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011119
  2. Polynucleotides. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynucleotide
  3. Polynucleotides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80756