Originally designed by Japanese researchers for influenza, the drug is a nucleoside analogue — a molecule that looks like a building block of genetic material.
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Nucleoside
/ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌsaɪd/
Synonyms for "nucleoside" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
base sugar conjugatedeoxyriboside
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
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9 entriesbiochemical descriptorchemical compoundchemical descriptorchemical termglycosidemoleculenucleotidepharmacochemical termtherapeutic agent
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16 entriesacycloviradenosineazacytidinecytidinedeoxyribosideguanosinelamivudinenucleoside diphosphatenucleoside monophosphatenucleoside triphosphatenucleosidic analognucleosidic anticancernucleosidic antiviralnucleosidic derivativeribosideuridine
Collocations
8 entriesnucleoside analognucleoside biosynthesisnucleoside metabolismnucleoside phosphorylationnucleoside synthesisnucleoside transporternucleoside triphosphateriboside
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