uridylic, a. Biochem.
(jʊərɪˈdɪlɪk)
[f. uridine + -yl + -ic.]
uridylic acid: the phosphoric acid ester, C5H8O3(PH2O4)·C4H3N2O2, of uridine, one of the four nucleotides present in RNA.
| 1933 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. CI. 529 Cytidine is readily transformed into uridine, having properties identical with those of the uridine from uridylic acid. 1946 [see nucleoside]. 1975 Sci. Amer. May 25/2 There are four kinds of nucleotide, named for their bases: adenylic acid, uridylic acid, guanylic acid and cytidylic acid, better known as A, U, G and C. |