GO biological process ontology term - GO:0042278 - purine nucleoside metabolic process
Term summary
ID
GO:0042278
Name
purine nucleoside metabolic process
Ontology or CV name
GO biological process
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a purine base covalently bonded to a sugar ribose (a ribonucleoside) or deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside).