Definition of guanosine in English:
guanosine
noun ˈɡwɑːnəsiːnˈɡwänəˌsēn
mass nounBiochemistry A compound consisting of guanine combined with ribose, present in all living tissue in combined form as nucleotides.
Example sentencesExamples
- Standards (adenosine, cytidine, guanosine, pseudouridine, and uridine) were used to determine the optimal gradient conditions for separation.
- This clearly indicates that the stems are primarily stabilized by the quartet-cation interactions, which are very similar for inosine and guanosine due to close similarity in their electronic structures.
- Inosine is read as guanosine during translation and may alter the amino acid sequence of the encoded protein.
- Since guanosine is not converted to adenine nucleotides in flies, guanosine must somehow act indirectly, perhaps through a mechanism for balancing nucleotide pools.
- It is a methyl guanine which fools the virus into ‘thinking’ it is a cyclic sugar guanosine it needs for growth.
Origin
Early 20th century: from guanine, with the insertion of -ose2.