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nucleoside

[ noo-klee-uh-sahyd, nyoo- ]

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.


nucleoside

/ ˈːɪəˌɪ /

noun

  1. biochem a compound containing a purine or pyrimidine base linked to a sugar (usually ribose or deoxyribose)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nucleoside

/ Դ̅̅ŧ-ə-ī′ /

  1. Any of various compounds consisting of a sugar, usually ribose or deoxyribose, and a nitrogen base (a purine or pyrimidine). Nucleosides are constituents of the nucleotides of nucleic acids. Adenosine and thymidine are nucleosides.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nucleoside1

First recorded in 1910–15; nucle(o) ( def ) + -ose 2 + -ide ( def )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nucleoside1

C20: from nucleo- + -ose ² + -ide
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The study 'A nucleoside signal generated by fungal endophyte regulates host cell death and promotes root colonization' was published in Cell Host & Microbe.

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Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been working on an oral antiviral drug of the parent nucleoside of remdesivir that could stop replication of the virus.

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The two laureates jointly developed so-called nucleoside base modifications, which stop the immune system from launching an inflammatory attack against lab-made mRNA, previously seen as a major hurdle against any therapeutic use of the technology.

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She wanted to raise money to try to fly to Canada for an experimental nucleoside therapy which she thought might help her rare genetic disorder.

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ST believes she can stay alive for long enough to go for experimental nucleoside therapy treatment abroad, despite there being no centre offering it to her yet and no guarantee it would help her.

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