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dNTP

Noun

Meaning

dNTP (plural dNTPs)

(biochemistry) Initialism of deoxynucleotide triphosphate, a basic building block of DNA.

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To be viable, organisms possess a number of (deoxy)purine phosphohydrolases, which hydrolyze these purine derivatives removing them from the active NTP and dNTP pools. Source: Internet

Very low dNTP concentration inhibits DNA synthesis and DNA repair and is lethal to the cell, while an abnormal ratio of dNTPs is mutagenic due to the increased likelihood of the DNA polymerase incorporating the wrong dNTP during DNA synthesis. Source: Internet

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