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A nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups linked to the 5?carbon of the pentose sugar. Ribose-containing nucleosides include ribonucleoside monophosphate (NMP), ribonucleoside diphosphate (NDP), and ribonucleoside triphosphate (NTP). When the nucleoside contains the sugar deoxyribose, the nucleotides are called deoxyribonucleoside mono-, di-, or tri-phosphates (dNMP, dNDP, or dNTP). A building block of DNA and RNA. ...
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| nucleoside analogue |
A synthetic molecule that resembles a naturally occurring nucleoside, but that lacks the bond site needed to link it to an adjacent nucleotide. See nucleoside.
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| nucleolar organizer |
(NO); nucleolar organizer region (NOR) A chromosomal segment containing genes that encode ribosomal RNA; located at the secondary constriction of some chromosomes.
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| nucleolus |
(L. nucleolus, a small nucleus) An RNA-rich intranuclear organelle in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, produced by a nucleolar organizer. It represents the storage place for ribosomes and ribosome precursors. The nucleolus consists primarily of ribosomal precursor RNA, ribosomal RNA, their associated proteins, and some, perhaps all, of the enzymatic equipment (RNA polymerase, RNA methylase, RNA cleavage enzymes) required for synthesis, conversion and assembly of ribosomes. ...
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| nucleoplasm |
The non-staining or slightly chromophilic, liquid or semi-liquid, ground substance of the interphase nucleus and which fills the nuclear space around the chromosomes and the nucleoli. Little is known of the chemical composition of this ground substance, which is not easily defined. It may be called "karyoplasm" when it is gel-like, and "karyolymph" when it is a colloidal fluid, but generally the terms are synonymous.
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