Thymine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθaɪmɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thymine is a noun meaning (organic chemistry, genetics) A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.
Meaning
(organic chemistry, genetics) A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.
Example Sentences
Then he found them, the substances that made up the four-letter alphabet in whose language all life is written — adenine and cytosine, guanine and thymine.
In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].
Word Forms
- thymines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adenine, dimer, dimers, homothymine, pyrimidine, deoxythymine.
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