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adenine definition

ad·enine (ad′ə nēn′, -nin′)

noun

a white, crystalline purine base, CHN, contained in the DNA, RNA, and ADP of all tissue: it links with thymine in the DNA structure

Etymology: aden(o)- + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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