ribonucleoside
/ˌraɪboʊˈnuːkliəsaɪd/
noun
- A molecule made of a sugar (ribose) and a base, which is a building block of RNA.
- Cells link ribonucleosides together to form long RNA strands.
- The structure of a ribonucleoside is simpler than that of a nucleotide because it lacks phosphate groups.
- Each ribonucleoside consists of ribose attached to one of four different bases.