ribo-
combining form
riboflavin
2. ribonucleic acid
ribosome
combining form
ETYMOLOGY ribose
1. riboseriboflavin
2. ribonucleic acid
ribosome
1971 Nature 23 July 254/1 It seems probable that both the ribohomopolymers and the natural ribonucleic acids do catalyse a reaction in vitro.
1975 Ibid. 25 Sept. 327/2Enzymatic activities for synthesising four ribohomopolymers, including poly(G), have been found in rat liver, and all are stimulated by RNA.
1938 Dubos & Thompson in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CXXIV. 502The ribonuclease used in the following experiments was extracted from a commercial preparation of dried pancreatin.
1946 Nature 27 July 129/2 Many enzymes are not specific as to substrate; but ribonuclease, a depolymerase, is highly specific for ribonucleic acid.
1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxvi. 372Haldane noted that ribonuclease is the smallest known enzyme, containing 124 amino-acid residues.
1940 Science 18 Oct. 361/1 The virus of equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern strain) is a complex of high molecular weight consisting of phospholipids, cholesterol, fatty acid and ribonucleoprotein.
1968 A. White et al.Princ. Biochem. (ed. 4) ix. 204Since that time, many additional plant viruses have been isolated as crystalline substances, and they are all ribonucleoproteins.
1974 D. & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. ix. 182The perikaryon contains..the same organelles found in most cells. However, it has a far greater concentration of densely folded, rough endoplasmic reticulum (ribonucleoprotein). [ of a neuron]
1931 Levene & Bass Nucleic Acids vi. 129A fifth ribonucleoside was discovered by Benedict and his coworkers.
1968 A. White et al.Princ. Biochem. (ed. 4) xxix. 667Synthesis of RNA occurs only when all four ribonucleoside triphosphates are present.
1929 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. LXXXI. 215There occur in nature ribonucleotides of two types.
1959 Ibid. CCXXXIV. 2351/1Studies designed to elucidate the mechanism by which ribonucleotides are converted into deoxynucleotides in extracts of Escherichia coli.
1970 R. W. McGilvery Biochem. xx. 473The deoxyguanosine and deoxyadenosine nucleotides required for synthesis of DNA are formed by reduction of the corresponding ribonucleotides.
ribo-
— see rib-
— see rib-