Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nucleoside, C10H13N5O5, consisting of guanine and ribose.
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- noun biochemistry, genetics A
nucleoside derived fromguanine andribose .
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- noun a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Acyclovir belongs to a family of drugs known as guanosine analogue antiviral drugs.
EzineArticles 2010
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Oligomerization of activated D- and L-guanosine mononucleotides on templates containing D- and L-deoxycytidylate residues
Good Math, Bad Math, and David Berlinkski - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The letter G in G protein stands for guanosine triphosphate.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1994 - Presentation Speech 1997
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The major breakthrough was Martin Rodbell's realization that there was a switch between these two steps, and that this switch, which he called the transducer, could be turned on by a high-energy compound, guanosine triphosphate.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1994 - Presentation Speech 1997
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G-proteins have been so named because they bind guanosine triphosphate (GTP).
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Rodbell found that the transducer was driven by guanosine 5'-triphosphate, GTP, an energy rich compound.
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Other sugar nucleotides such as uridine diphosphate acetylglucosamine and guanosine diphosphate mannose were also isolated.
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The effects on secretion and transit are mediated through cyclic guanosine monophosphate cGMP, which is also believed to modulate the activity of local nerves to reduce pain.
unknown title 2011
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PSI-938 is an oral guanosine nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor of HCV.
unknown title 2011
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Our other clinical stage HCV candidates include PSI-7977, an unpartnered uracil nucleotide analog that is currently dosing in two Phase 2b studies in patients with HCV genotypes 1, 2, or 3, and PSI-938, an unpartnered guanosine nucleotide analog which recently completed a 14-day monotherapy study and recently initiated a 14-day combination study with PSI-7977.
unknown title 2011
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