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Definition of Polynucleotide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Polynucleotide

1. Linear sequences of nucleotides, in which the 5' linked phosphate on one sugar group is covalently linked to the 3' position on the adjacent sugars. In the polynucleotide DNA the sugar is deoxyribose and in RNA, ribose. They may be double stranded or single stranded with varying amounts of internal folding. (14 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polynucleotide

Literary usage of Polynucleotide

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"... the structure of the complex nucleic acid as a polynucleotide, of which the individual mononucleotides were composed of phosphoric acid, sugar and base. ..."

2. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"The focus at that time was upon polynucleotide molecules chemically called deoxyribonucleic acid but popularly known as DNA. Then, in 1953, Watson and Crick ..."

3. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"The focus at that time was upon polynucleotide molecules chemically called deoxyribonucleic acid but popularly known as DNA. Then, in 1953, Watson and Crick ..."

4. Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program by Patricia M. Graves, Myron M. Levine (2006)
"... 2000 Title: polynucleotide vaccine protective against malaria, methods of protection and vector for delivering polynucleotide vaccines Inventors: ..."

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