thymine

Noun

Meaning

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

t RNA DNA alkali home base foot gene bag mutation groundwork fundament infrastructure thiamine cornerstone
Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

pyrimidine

Related terms

thymidine thymidylate thymidylic acid

Phrases with the word

thymine deoxy-d-ribose thymine deoxyribonucleoside thymine deoxyribose

Examples

Adenine pairs with thymine (two hydrogen bonds), and guanine pairs with cytosine (stronger: three hydrogen bonds). 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

At these points, one primer set recognizes DNA with cytosines to amplify methylated DNA, and one set recognizes DNA with uracil or thymine to amplify unmethylated DNA. Source: Internet

DNA is first treated with sodium bisulfite, which converts unmethylated cytosine bases to uracil, which is recognized by PCR primers as thymine. Source: Internet

Depiction of the adenine thymine Watson-Crick base pair. Source: Internet

Here, purines form hydrogen bonds to pyrimidines, with adenine bonding only to thymine in two hydrogen bonds, and cytosine bonding only to guanine in three hydrogen bonds. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

thymidylic acid thymidylyl thymidylyltransferase thymine deoxy-d-ribose thymine deoxyribonucleoside thymine deoxyribose