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Adenine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A purine base, C5H5N5, that is the constituent involved in base pairing with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA.

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n. A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"The technology at the time required that DNA be cut up into tiny pieces, transferred into bacteria and then put into machines that figured out the genetic code by sorting, by length, the letters of the genetic code: A, T, G and C, also known as adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine."

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purine

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cytosine dinucleotide flavin aptamer xanthine adenosine nucleotide pyridine cofactor solanine