Ribose

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Food Biotechnology

A monosaccharide found in all ribonucleosides, ribonucleotides and RNA. Its close analogue, 2-deoxyribose, is similarly found in all deoxyribonucleosides, deoxyribonucleotides and DNA.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture

Science› Biotechnology and Genetics

Human Genome

The five-carbon sugar that serves as a component of RNA. See also: ribonucleic acid, deoxyribose

Human Genome Project — Human Genome Project