Deoxyguanosine triphosphate

The chemical structure of dGTP

Deoxyguanosine triphosphate, normally shortened to dGTP has a molecular weight of 649.2. The substance is used in the polymerase chain reaction technique, in sequencing, and in cloning. It is also the competitor of ihibition onset by acyclovir in the treatment of HSV virus.

v • d • e Types of nucleic acids

Nucleobases	Purine (Adenine, Guanine) \| Pyrimidine (Uracil, Thymine, Cytosine)

Nucleosides	Adenosine/Deoxyadenosine \| Guanosine/Deoxyguanosine \| Uridine \| Thymidine \| Cytidine/Deoxycytidine

Nucleotides	monophosphates (AMP, GMP, UMP, CMP) \| diphosphates (ADP, GDP, UDP, CDP) \| triphosphates (ATP, GTP, UTP, CTP) \| cyclic (cAMP, cGMP, cADPR)

Deoxynucleotides	monophosphates (dAMP, dGMP, TMP, dCMP) \| diphosphates (dADP, dGDP, TDP, dCDP) \| triphosphates (dATP, dGTP, TTP, dCTP)

Ribonucleic acids	RNA \| mRNA (pre-mRNA/hnRNA) \| tRNA \| rRNA \| aRNA \| gRNA \| miRNA \| ncRNA \| piRNA \| shRNA \| siRNA \| snRNA \| snoRNA \| tmRNA

Deoxyribonucleic acids	DNA \| cDNA \| gDNA \| msDNA \| mtDNA

Nucleic acid analogues	GNA \| LNA \| PNA \| TNA \| morpholino

Cloning vectors	phagemid \| plasmid \| lambda phage \| cosmid \| P1 phage \| fosmid \| BAC \| YAC \| HAC

Major families of biochemicals Peptides \| Amino acids \| Nucleic acids \| Carbohydrates \| Nucleotide sugars \| Lipids \| Terpenes \| Carotenoids \| Tetrapyrroles \| Enzyme cofactors \| Steroids \| Flavonoids \| Alkaloids \| Polyketides \| Glycosides

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