having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person. 2. Pathology. causing little or no pain; inactive or relatively benign: an indolent ulcer that is not painful and is slow to heal.
A polynucleotide is a nucleic acid molecule consisting of a long chain of nucleotides. Nucleotides in a polynucleotide molecule are held together by a bond between the phosphate group of one nucleotide and the sugar of a second nucleotide, which is called a phosphodiester bond.
The type of bond found between the nucleobases in a deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, molecule is a hydrogen bond. The four nitrogenous bases present in DNA include cytosine (C), guanine (G), adenine (A) and thymine (T). Continue Reading.