Terms Related to Ribonucleosides

• Ribonucleotides

  Nucleotides in which the purine or pyrimidine base is combined with ribose. (Dorland, 28th ed)

• Nucleosides

  Purine or pyrimidine bases attached to a ribose or deoxyribose. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)

• Inosine

  A purine nucleoside that has hypoxanthine linked by the N9 nitrogen to the C1 carbon of ribose. It is an intermediate in the degradation of ...

• Deoxyribonucleosides

  A purine or pyrimidine base bonded to DEOXYRIBOSE.

• Nucleic Acids

  High molecular weight polymers containing a mixture of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides chained together by ribose or deoxyribose linkages.

• Deoxyribonucleotides

  A purine or pyrimidine base bonded to a DEOXYRIBOSE containing a bond to a phosphate group.

• Base Pairs

  Pairing of purine and pyrimidine bases by hydrogen bonding in double-stranded DNA or RNA.