Pentanucleotide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pentanucleotide is a noun meaning (genetics) A codon containing five nucleotides.
Meaning
(genetics) A codon containing five nucleotides.
Example Sentences
Additional diversity was recovered within the rbc spacer, where variations in the repeat number of a pentanucleotide microsatellite distinguished the haplotypes B1, B2 and B5 (Fig 3b ).
Word Forms
- pentanucleotides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heptanucleotide, tetranucleotide, septanucleotide, octanucleotide, decanucleotide, trinucleotide.
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