adenine

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

a RNA amp ade DNA ampere ATP nucleotide angstrom purine pyrimidine adenosine monophosphate axerophthol uracil adenosine

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Hypernyms

purine

Phrases with the word

flavin adenine dinucleotide adenine dinucleotide adenine dinucleotide immobilized adenine containing

Examples

A base is attached to the 1' position, in general, adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), or uracil (U). Source: Internet

Adenine binds with thymine and uracil; Thymine binds only with adenine; and cytosine and guanine can bind only with one another. Source: Internet

Expansion of CAG ( cytosine adenine guanine ) triplet repeats in the gene coding for the Huntingtin protein results in an abnormal protein, which gradually damages cells in the brain, through mechanisms that are not fully understood. Source: Internet

Bacteria also use DNA adenine methylation (rather than DNA cytosine methylation) as an epigenetic signal. Source: Internet

An example of a transversion is the conversion of adenine (A) into a cytosine (C). Source: Internet

Bacteria Dam methylates adenine of GATC sites after replication. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Adeni adenia adeniform adenine containing adenine dinucleotide adenine dinucleotide immobilized