polyribonucleotiden.
/ˌpɒlɪˌrʌɪbəʊˈnjuːklɪətʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌraɪboʊˈn(j)ukliəˌtaɪd/ Biochemistry.
A polymer in which the constituent monomer is a ribonucleotide (as in RNA).
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1956 Nature 11 Feb. 271/1 Some 10–20 per cent of the total polyribonucleotide content of the bacteria was extracted by this procedure.
1959 Times 10 Nov. (Guinness Suppl.) p. ii/6 An important series of papers on the synthesis of polyribonucleotides which have an important function in cellular metabolism.
1976 Nature 15 Jan. 141/2 Antibodies to native DNA..and various synthetic polyribonucleotides occur with great frequency in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iii. 249 Synthetic dsRNAs (polyribonucleotides) and the dsRNA genome of reoviruses were excellent inducers of interferon.
1996 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 6413/2 A radiation hit anywhere in a polyribonucleotide leads to scission of the polymer chain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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