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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
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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.

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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
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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.

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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 ...

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