adenine
A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA…A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
» Niacinamide adenine dinucleotide is found in all living cells.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
Adenin
адени́нadɛnín
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
Examples
2 sentencesNiacinamide adenine dinucleotide is found in all living cells.
DNA is composed of four nucleotides: adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.
ruДНК состоит из четырёх типов нуклеотидов: аденина, тимина, цитозина и гуанина. — Automotom
deDie DNS ist aus vier Nukleinbasen aufgebaut: Adenin, Thymin, Cytosin und Guanin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- +From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.
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Forms
plural: adeninesSynonyms
1 synonyms- (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA:A
Word family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable