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Thymine

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

Also known as 5-methyl-2, 6-dioxytetrahydropyridime, it is one of four molecules that form the base pairs of DNA, but not RNA. In DNA, it is always paired with the purine adenine. 

See Adenine, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), Nucleotide, Pyrimidines, Purines, RNA

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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