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ribonucleotide

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ribonucleotide /ri·bo·nu·cleo·tide/ (-tīd) a nucleotide in which the purine or pyrimidine base is combined with ribose.
ri·bo·nu·cle·o·tide (rb-nkl--td)
n.
A nucleotide that contains ribose as its sugar and usually occurs as a component of RNA.

ribonucleotide
[-no̅o̅′klē·ətīd′]
a class of nucleotides in which the pentose is d-ribose.

ribonucleotide [ri″bo-noo´kle-o-tīd]
a nucleotide in which the purine or pyrimidine base is combined with ribose.

ribonucleotide
a nucleotide in which the purine or pyrimidine base is combined with ribose.


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The newly issued patent is an extension of previously issued patents (United States Patent 5,652,355, 6,143,881 and 6,346,614) and claims oligonucleotides comprising a deoxyribonucleotide, a 2'-substituted ribonucleotide, and a phosphorothioate or phosphorodithioate internucleotide linkage, where the 2'-substitution is either 2'-O-aryl ribonucleotide or a 2'-O-amino ribonucleotide.
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