Definitions for riboseˈraɪ boʊs
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ri•boseˈraɪ boʊs(n.)
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C5H10O5, a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
Category: Biochemistry
Origin of ribose:
< G Ribose, earlier Ribonsӓure (1891) =Ribon (from Arabinosearabinose , by arbitrary rearrangement and shortening) +Sӓure acid
Princeton's WordNet
ribose(noun)
a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
Wiktionary
ribose(Noun)
A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Ribose
A pentose active in biological systems usually in its D-form.
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