deoxyribonucleotide \deoxyribonucleotide\ n.
an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached
to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group
esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose.
Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up
{deoxyribonucleic acid}, the molecule carrying the hereditary
information in most organisms. The most common forms of
deoxyribonuceotide are {thymidine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated
{TMP}), {deoxyadenosine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated {dAMP}),
{deoxyguanosine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated {dGMP}), and
{deoxycytidine-5'-phosphate} (abbreviated {dCMP}).
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