A chemical group found in DNA and RNA, and often attached to proteins and other biological molecules. It is composed of one phosphorous atom bound to four oxygen atoms.
A chemical unit consisting of an atom of phosphate bound to four oxygen atoms; often attached to other biological molecules, such as proteins, sugars, and lipids.
oxygenated phosphorus attached to a carbon chain (called inorganic phosphate when not attached.
Phosphate is a salt of phosphoric acid. Phosphates are extremely important in living cells, particularly in the storage and use of energy and the transmission of genetic information within a cell and from one cell to another. spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/references/glossaries/science/sc-gloss-n_s.htm-- One of the molecular components of a nucleotide; a small molecule made up of phosphorus and oxygen. www.stanford.edu/group/hopes/sttools/gloss/p.html
A chemical group composed of a central phosphorous bonded to three or four oxygens. The net charge on the group is negative.
A grouping of one phosphorus atom and four oxygen atoms that occurs in a nucleotide.