pentaribonucleotide

noun

An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units

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Meanings

nounpentaribonucleotide (plural pentaribonucleotides)

plural pentaribonucleotides

  1. An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units

    This complex unwinds duplex DNA while synthesizing pentaribonucleotide RNA primers for use by the lagging strand polymerase (gp43).

    2015, Erin Noble et al., “Coordinated DNA Replication by the Bacteriophage T4 Replisome”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI

Origin

From penta- + ribonucleotide.

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