cytosine

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

cytimidine

Traducións

cytosine

cytosine

citosina

سايتوسين

السيتوساين

Citosina

Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.

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