pentanucleotide

P3E1N1T1A1N1U1C3L1E1O1T1I1D2E1

noun

A codon containing five nucleotides.

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Meanings

nounpentanucleotide (plural pentanucleotides)

plural pentanucleotides

  1. biologyA codon containing five nucleotides.

    Additional diversity was recovered within the rbc spacer, where variations in the repeat number of a pentanucleotide microsatellite distinguished the haplotypes B1, B2 and B5 (Fig 3b ).

    2015 July 16, “Genes Left Behind: Climate Change Threatens Cryptic Genetic Diversity in the Canopy-Forming Seaweed Bifurcaria bifurcata”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From penta- + nucleotide.

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APA

pentanucleotide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentanucleotide

MLA

“pentanucleotide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentanucleotide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentanucleotide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentanucleotide.

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