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furanose

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fu·ra·nose  (fyr-ns)
n.
A sugar having a cyclic structure resembling that of furan.
furanose  (fyr-ns)
Any of a class of simple sugars (monosaccharides) that has a ring containing four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom (a furan ring). Fructose and ribose are furanoses.


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The term "Locked Nucleic Acids" was coined by Exiqon to emphasize that the usual conformational freedom of the furanose ring in standard nucleosides is restricted in LNA(TM) due to a methylene linker connecting the 2'-O position to the 4'-C position.
DNAPrint Obtains a Supply Agreement on the LNA Technology From Exiqon by Business Wire
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