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adenine

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noun/ˈæ.dəˌniːn//ˈæ.dɪˌnɪn/
  1. 1

    A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.countableuncountable

    • One of these labels is ethenoadenine, which is obtained by chemical modification of adenine.
    • There are two genes in the adenine biosynthetic pathway of yeast (ADE1 and ADE2) that, apart from producing an absolute requirement for adenine when mutant, also produce a change in colony color.

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