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thymine /thy·mine/ (thi´mēn) a pyrimidine base, in animal cells usually occurring condensed with deoxyribose to form deoxythymidine, a component of DNA. The corresponding compound with ribose, thymidine, is a rare constituent of RNA. Symbol T.
thy·mine (thmn)
n.
A pyrimidine base that is an essential constituent of DNA.
thymine,
a pyrimidine base in animal cells usually occurring condensed with deoxyribose to form the nucleoside deoxythymidine, a component of deoxyribonucleic acid. See also cytosine, guanine, uracil.
thymine [thi´mēn]
thymine
a pyrimidine base in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
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If an unzipped segment of DNA is added as a template to a solution with the tPNA components, the nucelobase soldiers will automatically assume a formation on peptide strands that complements the DNA according to standard Watson-Crick pairing of adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine.
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Attached to each sugar is one of four chemical bases: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine C.
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I would be more convinced if he measured a more abundant lesion like thymine glycol levels," says Battista.
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