: a pyrimidine base C5H6N2O2 that is one of the four bases coding genetic information in the polynucleotide chain of DNA compare adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
Examples of thymine in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAll living organisms have DNA that is made of four nucleotide bases–adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2024 Agilent developed a way to print strands of DNA from the four nucleic acid bases—cytosine (C), guanine (G), adenine (A), and thymine (T).—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024 In the double helix of DNA, the four types of bases in the opposing strands are paired, with guanine (G) bound to cytosine (C) and thymine (T) bound to adenine (A).—Dan Samorodnitsky, Quanta Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024 The molecule is made up of the chemical bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine—shortened to A, C, G, and T—which pair off to form a double helix.—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023 This storage system works by converting digital information to the elements that make up DNA: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T).—Emma Roth, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2023 Adenine pairs with thymine, and cytosine with guanine; a short strand made up, for example, of ATCG would bind to TAGC and not other sequences.—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2023 The molecules are called bases and are represented by the letters A (adenine), T (thymine), G (guanine), and C (cytosine).—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2016 These symbols represent the four basic chemical letters, or bases, the body uses to form DNA--guanine, cytosine, adenine and thymine.—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2010
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Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin thymus
: a pyrimidine base C5H6N2O2 that is one of the four bases coding genetic information in the polynucleotide chain of DNA compare adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
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