cytosine

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

cytosine

Synonymes

C

cytimidine

Traductions

citosina

Cytosin

citosina

citosina

cytosine

سايتوسين

citosina

Citosina

السيتوساين

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.