Guanosine
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guanosine | |||||||
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Uses: | DNA RNA biomolecules | ||||||
Properties: | nucleotide | ||||||
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Guanosine (GUA)is a natural biomolecule found in DNA and RNA. In DNA the ribose ring is the 2'-deoxy form. It becomes incorporated into these nucleci acids via 5'-phosphorylated derivatives. In duplex DNA guanosine is base-paired with a cytosine base (cytodine) on the opposite DNA strand.