thymine

Senso (Inglese)

A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.

sinonimi

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈθaɪmɪn/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From thymus + -ine. Thymine was first isolated in 1893 by Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann from calves' thymus glands, hence its name.

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