Term

Nucleotide

Definition

Nucleotides are organic molecules composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate.

Term

Nucleotide bases

Definition

Nucleotide bases are nitrogen-containing biological compounds that form nucleosides, which, in turn, are components of nucleotides, with all of these monomers constituting the basic building blocks of nucleic acids.

Term

Polynucleotide

Definition

Long chain of nucleotides.