ADENINE

adenine

(noun) (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adenine (countable and uncountable, plural adenines)

(biochemistry, genetics) A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

Hypernyms

• nucleobase

• purine

Source: Wiktionary



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