Pyrimidine

Pyrimidine

One of the two classes of heterocyclic organic bases that are found in nucleic acids (principally uracil and cytosine in RNA; uracil and thymine in DNA) and in several other kinds of biological compounds, e.g. nucleotides, sugar and lipid derivatives.

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pyrimidine

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A nitrogen-containing, double-ring, basic compound that occurs in nucleic acids. The pyrimidines in DNA are cytosine and thymine. The pyrimidines in RNA are cytosine and uracil.

pyrimidine

Archaeology; Evolution

A kind of base. In DNA, cytosine (C) and thymine (T) are pyrimidines. In RNA, cytosine (C) and uracil (U) are pyrimidines.

pyrimidine

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Base found in nucleic acids that consists of a single ring of carbon and nitrogen; in DNA, thymine and cytosine, and in RNA, uracil and cytosine.

pyrimidine

Biology; Cell biology

One of the groups of nitrogenous bases that are part of a nucleotide. Pyrimidines are single ringed, and consist of the bases thymine (in DNA), uracil (replacing thymine in RNA), ...

pyrimidine

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

A single-ring, nitrogen-containing base present in nucleic acids; cytosine (C) and thymine (T) are commonly present in DNA, whereas uracil usually replaces thymine in RNA.

pyrimidine

Health care; Cancer treatment

One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine, and uracil. Cytosine and thymine are used ...

calcareous

Biology; Biochemistry

The body parts of animals which contain calcium as shells, bones and exoskeleton and they protect the animals, are called as calcareous.

humus

Biology; Biochemistry

Humus is a dark material in the soil that is formed from decaying plants and leaves.

red blood cell

Biology; Biochemistry

A blood cell that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide to all body tissues is called as red blood cell.

rotten

Biology; Biochemistry

Anything that has gone bad; smelly; decayed; evil; unpleasant which is likely to break due to rot is called as rotten.

aerobic

Biology; Biochemistry

Needing or using oxygen to live.Living things that can exist only in environments that contain oxygen are aerobic.

anderogen

Biology; Biochemistry

One of the hormones that controls the physical development in males. Testosterone is an androgen.

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