C?H??O?, pentoos, mille molekulis teise süsinikuaatomi juures ei ole hapnikuaatomit. Desoksüriboos on vees lahustuv magusa maitsega kristalne aine, desoksüribonukleiinhappe (DNA) koostisosa.
any of several sugars C?H??O? having one of the alcoholic hydroxyl groups of ribose replaced by hydrogen; esp: a sugar H0CH2 (CH0H)2 CH2CH0 that is a constituent of nucleic acids
... polynucleotide substances (including gene transfer and antisense substances), consisting of two or more distinct nucleotides where: ... the difference in structure between them relates to modifications to the ribose or deoxyribose sugar backbone or to the replacement of the backbone by synthetic analogues ...
