DNA is composed of four nucleotides: adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.
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Adenine
/ˈæ.dəˌniːn/
Synonyms for "adenine" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(3 words)
adenine baseadenine base componentadenine moiety
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6 entriesadenine baseadenine derivativeadenine moietyadenine nucleotideadenine pairingnucleic acid adenine
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3 entriesadenine analogueadenine derivativeadenine related
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Niacinamide adenine dinucleotide is found in all living cells.
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One of these labels is ethenoadenine, which is obtained by chemical modification of adenine.
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There are two genes in the adenine biosynthetic pathway of yeast (ADE1 and ADE2) that, apart from producing an absolute requirement for adenine when mutant, also produce a change in colony color.
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