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Adenine

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Noun

1. a, adenine

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adenine

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noun
a purine base present in tissues of all living organisms as a constituent of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA and of certain coenzymes; 6-aminopurine. Formula: C5H5N5; melting pt: 360–365°C

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Adenine

see synonyms of adenine
noun
a white, crystalline purine base, C5H5N5, contained in the DNA, RNA, and ADP of all tissue: it links with thymine in the DNA structure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Adenine

see synonyms of adenine
n. Abbr. A
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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