NUCLEOSIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nucleoside mean? 

• NUCLEOSIDE (noun)
  The noun NUCLEOSIDE has 1 sense:

1. a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid

  Familiarity information: NUCLEOSIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEOSIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nucleoside" is a kind of...):

glycoside (a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nucleoside"):

adenosine ((biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP)

inosine (a nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar)

deoxyadenosine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose)

cytidine; deoxycytidine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose)

deoxyguanosine; guanosine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose)

deoxythymidine; thymidine (a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose)

 Context examples 

A uridine derivative and nucleoside analog with pro-apoptotic and chemosensitizing properties.

(Brivudine, NCI Thesaurus)

A second generation purine nucleoside analog with antineoplastic activity.

(Clofarabine, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes nucleoside diphosphate kinase A protein, is involved in the synthesis of three nucleoside triphosphates (CTP, GTP and UTP).

(NME1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in nucleoside metabolism.

(Bis(5'-Adenosyl)-Triphosphatase, NCI Thesaurus)

A thiopurine nucleoside derivative with antineoplastic activity.

(Beta-Thioguanine Deoxyriboside, NCI Thesaurus)

Balapiravir is a tri-isobutyrate ester prodrug of R1479, a nucleoside analogue inhibitor of HCV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

(Balapiravir, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a type of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) inhibitor.

(BCX-1777, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes nucleoside diphosphate kinase homolog 5 protein, may be involved in the modulation of both spermatid development and apoptosis.

(NME5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance structurally unlike a nucleoside molecule that is capable of inhibiting the function of a reverse transcriptase.

(Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Nucleoside diphosphate kinase homolog 5 (212 aa, ~24 kDa) is encoded by the human NME5 gene.

(Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase Homolog 5, NCI Thesaurus)