adjective
- relating to or denoting the chemical bond or linkage between adjacent nucleotides in a nucleic acid chain
Usage: technical; biochemistry
Examples
- The internucleotide bonds in DNA hold the sugar-phosphate backbone together.
- Internucleotide linkages are formed through phosphodiester bonds.
- Enzymes can break internucleotide connections during DNA replication.
- The strength of internucleotide bonds is crucial for DNA stability.
- Researchers studied how internucleotide distances affect protein binding.