thymine

thymine Definition

thy·mine (t̸hī′mēn′, -min)

noun

a white, crystalline, pyrimidine base, CHNO, contained in the nucleic acids of all tissue: it links with adenine in the DNA structure

Etymology: Ger thymin < Gr thymos, spirit (< IE *dhūmo- < base *dheu-, to blow > dull, fume) + Ger -in, -ine

thymine Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

dimer: The similarity of action spectra for thymine dimers in human epidermis and erythema suggests that DNA is the chromophore for erythema.
tautomer: Theoretical relative energies and free energies for isolated uracil and thymine tautomers support the existence of the canonical form only.

Noun used with modifier

group: The next group Thymine meeting in the MOO and the Protein self assignment.

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