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Ribose

Ribose

See also: ribose

German

Noun

Ribose f ‎(genitive Ribose, plural Ribosen)

(biochemistry) ribose

ribose

ribose

See also: Ribose

English

Noun

ribose ‎(plural riboses)

(biochemistry) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

Translations

naturally occurring pentose sugar

Catalan: ribosa f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 核糖 ‎(hat⁶ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 核糖 (zh) ‎(hétáng)
Esperanto: ribozo
French: ribose (fr) m
Galician: ribosa f
German: Ribose f
Hungarian: ribóz

Italian: ribosio (it) m
Japanese: リボース ‎(ribōsu)
Polish: ryboza f
Portuguese: ribose f
Russian: рибо́за f ‎(ribóza)
Spanish: ribosa f
Swedish: ribos (sv)
Thai: ไรโบส
Turkish: riboz (tr)

See also

Portuguese

Noun

ribose f (usually uncountable, plural riboses)

(biochemistry) ribose (a naturally occurring pentose sugar)