adenine
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
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