thymine
Meaning
A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.
Synonyms
Translations
Thymin
thymine
timina
timina
timina
ثايمين
pyrimidine
timinaPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈθaɪmɪn/
Etymology
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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