Polycytosine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polycytosine is a noun meaning A nucleotide containing cytosine as the only base.
Meaning
A nucleotide containing cytosine as the only base.
Example Sentences
Length heteroplasmy occured^([sic]) frequently within the polycytosine stretches of HVS-I (anywhere between positions 16188 and 16195) and HVS-II (around position 310) due to replication slippage when a specific minimum number of cytosine residues are present [8, 14 ].
Word Forms
- polycytosines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polycytidine, cytosine, oligopyrimidine, pentapyrimidine, cytidine, cytocine.
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