cytosine

Betekenis (Engels)

A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).

Sinonieme

C

C

cytimidine

Vertalings

cytosine

citosina

Cytosin

citosina

citosina

cytosine

citosina

سايتوسين

السيتوساين

Citosina

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

After German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues.