deoxycytidine monophosphate

Definitions of deoxycytidine monophosphate
  1. noun
    one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
    synonyms: C
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    type of:
    base, nucleotide
    a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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