pyrimidine

Synonyms:
  • pyrimidin base
German: Pyrimidin
Japanese: ピリミジン

Biochemistry. One of the two categories of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA. Pyrimidine has a single six-membered ring structure. Examples are cytosine, thymine and uracil.

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