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The message these scientists describe includes a quick-and-dirty primer on the nature of human life itself, from the four base chemicals of DNA—adenosine, cytidine, guanosine, and thymidine—to the essential amino acids and glucose that help to power life itself.
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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2022
But 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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Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2022
But 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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“Guanosine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guanosine. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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guanosine
noun
gua·no·sine
ˈgwän-ə-ˌsēn 
: a nucleoside C10H13N5O5 composed of guanine and ribose
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