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Purine

One of the two classes of heterocyclic organic bases that are found in nucleic acids (principally adenine and guanine) and in several other kinds of biological compounds, e.g. coenzymes, nucleotides, sugar derivatives; also includes methylated purine alkaloids such as caffeine and theobromine.

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A nitrogen-containing, double-ring, basic compound that occurs in nucleic acids. The purines in DNA and RNA are adenine and guanine.

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A kind of base in the DNA; adenine (A) and guanine (G) are purines.

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A base found in nucleic acids that consists of two connected rings of carbon and nitrogen; in DNA and RNA, adenine and guanine.

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One of the groups of nitrogenous bases that are part of a nucleotide. Purines are adenine and guanine, and are double-ring structures.

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A double-ring, nitrogen-containing base present in nucleic acids; adenine (A) and guanine (G) are the two purines present in most DNA and RNA molecules.

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