tetranucleotide

Questions

What does tetranucleotide mean?

A codon containing four nucleotides

Where does tetranucleotide come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English -ide English nucleotide English tetranucleotide From tetra- + nucleotide.

How to pronounce tetranucleotide

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