cytosine
Meaning
A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
Synonyms
cytimidine
Translations
cytosine
citosina
Cytosin
citosina
citosina
cytosine
citosina
سايتوسينPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/
Etymology
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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