nucleic acid 5'end

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Introduction

The end of a strand of DNA or RNA of which the terminal ribose moiety contains an unbound 5 hydroxyl group (5'OH). The 3'OH is bound in a phosphodiester linkage.

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999