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Phosphodiester bond

phosphodiester bond

(Science: chemistry) Not a precise term. Refers to any molecule in which two parts are joined through a phosphate group.

Examples are found in rNA, dNA, phospholipids, cyclic nucleotides, nucleotide diphosphates and triphosphates.


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Miraculous finding: The Concordance of Ezekiel's Vision with

... “one touching the wing of another creature” correspond to main chemical bonds between nucleotides Ezekiel described the relationship among the four ... creatures (four nucleotides) connecting each other with their wings (phosphodiester bonds) and covering their body with wings (hydrogen bonds). ...

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by Dongsheng Zhang
Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:48 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Miraculous finding: The Concordance of Ezekiel's Vision with
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The Fiber Disease

... of two pre-activated artificial enzymes that attack specific peptide bonds in each of the seven major amino acid classes -- acidic (Asn, Asp, ... direction, either 3'®5' or 5'®3') or endonucleases (cleaving internal phosphodiester bonds to produce either 3'-hydroxyl and 5'-phosphoryl termini ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:33 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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WHY RNA IS MORE REACTIVE?

... (the 3' and 5' hydroxyl groups link the 2-deoxyriboses together via a phosphodiester bond and the the 1' has been removed to attach the sugar to the nucleoside). In a RNA chain, ...

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by dae
Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:09 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: WHY RNA IS MORE REACTIVE?
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Views: 1157

i can help u

:) which enzyme is used to rejoin hydrogen bonds between complementary DNA nucleotides??? In general, DNA is replicated by ... bonding, enzymes called DNA polymerases join the nucleotides by way of phosphodiester bonds. Actually, the nucleotides lining up by complementary base ...

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by ginny
Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:08 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Hydrogen bonds
Replies: 7
Views: 5924


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