arabinose
noun
arab·i·nose
ə-ˈra-bə-ˌnōs 
-ˌnōz
: a white crystalline aldose sugar C5H10O5 occurring especially in vegetable gums
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The researchers found sugars like arabinose and xylose -- but the most significant finding was ribose.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Nov. 2019
Both approaches pointed to a gene for an enzyme that makes arabinose, a sugar found primarily in the plant cell wall, Willis reported.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 29 Aug. 2019
To create XNAs, Holliger and his team replaced the deoxyribose with alternative synthetic chemical ring structures such as arabinose or cyclohexene.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2013
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Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Nov. 2019
Both approaches pointed to a gene for an enzyme that makes arabinose, a sugar found primarily in the plant cell wall, Willis reported.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 29 Aug. 2019
To create XNAs, Holliger and his team replaced the deoxyribose with alternative synthetic chemical ring structures such as arabinose or cyclohexene.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2013
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arabinose
noun
arab·i·nose
ə-ˈrab-ə-ˌnōs, -ˌnōz
: a white crystalline aldose sugar C5H10O5 occurring especially in vegetable gums
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