cytosine
A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNAA heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
» DNA is composed of four nucleotides: adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.
Die DNS ist aus vier Nukleinbasen aufgebaut: Adenin, Thymin, Cytosin und Guanin.
ДНК состоит из четырёх типов нуклеотидов: аденина, тимина, цитозина и гуанина.
Meaning
1 sensesA heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
Cytosin
цитози́нcitozín
цитозинcytozyn
a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
Examples
1 sentencesDNA is composed of four nucleotides: adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.
ruДНК состоит из четырёх типов нуклеотидов: аденина, тимина, цитозина и гуанина.
deDie DNS ist aus vier Nukleinbasen aufgebaut: Adenin, Thymin, Cytosin und Guanin.
Translations
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Origin
After German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discoAfter German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues.
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Forms
plural: cytosinesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine:C