Look up: adenine

1. adenine
   [n] - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA
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2. adenine
   (= 6-aminopurine) One of the bases found in nucleic acids and nucleotides. In DNA, it pairs with thymine.
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3. adenine
   <biochemistry> A nitrogenous base, one member of the basepair A-T (thymine). ... (10 May 1997) ...
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4. adenine
   noun (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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5. adenine
   (ad´ә-nēn) a purine base present in nucleoproteins of cells of plants and animals; adenine and guanine are essential components of nucleic acids. The end product of the metabolism of adenine in humans is uric acid. A preparation of adenine is used to improve the preservation of whole blood. Symbol A. ...
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6. adenine
   organic compound belonging to the purine family, occurring free in tea or combined in many substances of biological importance, including the ... [6 related articles]
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7. adenine
   adenine A white crystalline base found in various animal and vegetable tissues as one of the purine base constituents. adenitis: Inflammation of a lymph node or of a gland.
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8. adenine
   (A, Ade) Type: Term Pronunciation: ad′ĕ-nēn Definitions: 1. One of the two major purines (the other is guanine) found in both RNA and DNA, and also in various free nucleotides of importance to the body ( AMP (adenylic acid), ATP, NAD+, NADP+, and FAD); in all these smaller com...
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9. Adenine
   A nitrogenous base, one member of the base pair AT (adenine-thymine).
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10. adenine
    adenine (ăd'unin, –nīn, –nēn) , organic base of the purine family. Adenine combines with the sugar ribose to form adenosine, which in turn can be bonded with from one to three phosphoric acid units, yielding the three nucleotides adenosine monophosphate, adenosine d...
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11. Adenine
    Adenine is a base derived from purine; one of the five found in nucleic acids, where it is generally paired with thymine or uracil.
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12. adenine
    A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. It is also a part of many substances in the body that give energy to cells. Adenine is a type of purine.
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13. Adenine
    A nitrogenous base, one member of the base pair AT (adenine-thymine).
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14. Adenine
    --> `Adenine` (`A`, `Ade`) is a nucleobase (a purine derivative) with a variety of roles in biochemistry including cellular respiration, in the form of both the energy-rich adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the cofactors nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), a...
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15. Adenine
    (programming language) `Adenine`, named after the nucleobase adenine, is a script language, which is developed in the context of the Haystack project and the Oxygen project of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in collaboration with NTT. A substanti...
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