thymine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.

/ˈθaɪmɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thymine.wav

thymine thymines

From thymus + -ine. Thymine was first isolated in 1893 by Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann from calves' thymus glands, hence its name.

mul:Thy mul:T thymidine thymidylate thymidylic acid

deoxythymine homothymine polythymine thymineless

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