Nucleotide Definition

nucleotide
noun
  1. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

"Nucleotide" in song lyrics

See how nucleotide is used in real songs:

  • "adenine nucleotide"
    AOL — AOL
  • "define nucleotide"
    AOL — AOL
  • "one difference between a dna molecule and a rna molecule is that the rna nucleotide"
    AOL — AOL

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