deoxyribose in English

noun
1
a sugar derived from ribose by replacing a hydroxyl group with hydrogen.
Sugars are vital components of life, e.g. the 5-carbon sugars ribose and deoxyribose are part of the skeletons of our information storage molecules, RNA and DNA respectively.

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1. Thymine combined with deoxyribose creates the nucleoside deoxythymidine, which is synonymous with the term thymidine.

2. As a component of DNA, 2-deoxyribose derivatives have an important role in biology.

3. With few exceptions (e.g., deoxyribose), monosaccharides have this chemical formula: (CH2O)x, where conventionally x ≥ 3.

4. DSpacer (Abasic furan) is a tetrahydrofuran derivative, in which a methylene group occupies the 1 position of 2-deoxyribose

5. Adenosine is the larger nucleotide molecule made up of Adenine, ribose or deoxyribose, and one or more phosphate groups.

6. DSpacer (Abasic furan) is a tetrahydrofuran derivative, in which a methylene group occupies the 1 position of 2'-deoxyribose

7. DSpacer, also known as Abasic furan, is a tetrahydrofuaran derivative containing a methylene group occupied in the 1 position of 2’-deoxyribose