nucleotide base

collocation in English

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nucleotide
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnjuːkli.ə.taɪd/us
/ˈnuː.kli.oʊ/
one of a group of chemical compounds found in living cells in nucleic acids such as DNA ...
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base
noun
uk
/beɪs/us
/beɪs/
the bottom part of an object, on which it rests, or the lowest part ...
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(Definition ofnucleotideandbasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnucleotide base

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Phred quality scores are assigned to eachnucleotidebasecall in automated sequencer traces.
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Folding involves the formation of additional or enhanced stacking of nucleotide bases.
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The reagent has also been shown to be reactive towards thiols, many vitamins, thenucleotidebaseguanine, the trioses glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone, and some inorganic ions.
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Characters (aligned nucleotide bases) were treated as unweighted, and ancestral character states were not inferred nor designated.
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Some chemical agents that are specific to the nucleotide bases can be used to detect paired and non-paired nucleotides.
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That is, eachnucleotidebaseof that particular type has a probability of being bonded to not a deoxynucleotide but rather a dideoxynucleotide, which ends chain elongation.
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Chemical probes react specifically with nucleotide bases or the ribophosphate backbone with the reactivity largely depending on the exposure of these moieties.
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Purines and pyrimidines make up the two groups of nitrogenous bases, including the two groups of nucleotide bases.
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The nucleotide bases are made up of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (cytosine and thymine or uracil).
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The genome consists of a single open reading frame that is 9600 nucleotide bases long.
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For example, among humans, about 1 in every 1,200 nucleotide bases differ.
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She said it was the first time nucleotide bases and amino acids had been found in such an experiment without liquid water being present.
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The mechanome assembles the common features of these motors regardless of the track (microtubules, actin filaments, nucleotide based structures, membranes) they move on.
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Mutations can result in the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotide bases.
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Since none of the four nucleotide bases carry any charge, net charge becomes insignificant and size is the main factor affecting rate of diffusion through the gel.
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