pentaribonucleotide

noun

pentaribonucleotide

noun

Etymology From penta- + ribonucleotide.

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An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units

This complex unwinds duplex DNA while synthesizing pentaribonucleotide RNA primers for use by the lagging strand polymerase (gp43).2015, Erin Noble et al., “Coordinated DNA Replication by the Bacteriophage T4 Replisome”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI:

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