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Definitions of adenine
  1. noun
    (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

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  • u a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
  • thymine a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
  • base pair one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
  • uracil a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
  • t a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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