5' phosphate

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Commonly pronounced "five prime" phosphate. It refers to the carbon number 5 on the pentose sugar of the DNA/RNA sugar-phosphate backbone being attatched to a phosphate[1]

References

  1. Alberts B. Molecular biology of the cell. New York, NY [u.a.]: Garland Science Taylor & Francis; 2008.