: a nucleoside C10H13N5O5 composed of guanine and ribose
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Recent Examples on the WebBut a problem arises in people like Piqueras, whose TLR7 receptors can’t distinguish between genetic material in potentially dangerous viruses, and guanosine, a nucleic acid found in the body’s own RNA.—Isabella Cueto, STAT, 18 June 2022 Although not one of the canonical RNA bases, inosine is read by the cell’s protein-translation machinery as the familiar guanosine.—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2020
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