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phosphodiester
noun(phos-pho-di-es-ter)
an oligonucleotide with an oxygen atom linking consecutive nucleotides
phosphodiester
noun(phos-pho-di-es-ter)
a covalent bond in RNA or DNA that holds a polynucleotide chain together by joining a phosphate group at position 5 in the pentose sugar of one nucleotide to the hydroxyl group at position 3 in the pentose sugar of the next nucleotide —called also phosphodiester linkage

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