Phosphodiester Bond Definition

fŏsfō-dī-ĕstər
noun
The covalent chemical bond that holds together the polynucleotide chains of RNA and DNA by joining a carbon in the pentose sugar of one nucleotide to a carbon in the pentose sugar of the adjacent nucleotide.
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Origin of Phosphodiester Bond

  • phospho– di– ester

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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