Definition of Dinucleotide

1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dinucleotide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dinucleotide

1. A compound containing two nucleotides; e.g., NAD+, ApGp. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinucleotide

dinoxides
dinoxyline
dinq
dins
dinsome
dint
dintcha
dinted
dinting
dints
dinuclear
dinucleophile
dinucleoside phosphates
dinucleosome
dinucleosomes
dinucleotide (current term)
dinucleotide domain
dinucleotide fold
dinucleotide repeats
dinucleotides
dinumeration
dinuncleotide
diobol
diobolon
diobolons
diobols
diocesan
diocesans
diocese
dioceses

Literary usage of Dinucleotide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"... Ready-to-Eat NA Not applicable NAC N-acetyl-cysteine NaCl Sodium chloride NAD Nicotinamide Adenine dinucleotide NADP Nicotinamide Adenine dinucleotide ..."

2. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"This pathway requires oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) hydrolysis to adenosine diphosphate ribose and nicotinamide. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... adenine dinucleotide (NAD), and pyruvate to form the abortive ternary complex and then investigated changes in Table 1. Effect of several proteins on ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... 1968 The Roles of Reduced Nicotinamide-Adenine dinucleotide Phosphate in Steroid Hydroxylation Sir: The C-ll/3 hydroxylation of deoxycorticosterone ..."

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