cytosine
/ˈsaɪtəsiːn/
cytosine noun: a heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
Noun
cytosine (plural cytosines)
- A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
- Then he found them, the substances that made up the four-letter alphabet in whose language all life is written — adenine and cytosine, guanine and thymine.1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 164
cytosine meaning in Tamil
cytosine in Tamil
- சைடோசின், மரபணுக்கூறு
Forms of cytosine
| plural | cytosines |
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Origin of cytosine
After German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues.
Words formed from cytosine
Questions about cytosine
- What does cytosine mean?
- Cytosine means a heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
- What is cytosine in Tamil?
- Cytosine in Tamil is சைடோசின், மரபணுக்கூறு. See Cytosine meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cytosine?
- Cytosine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cytosine?
- Cytosine is pronounced /ˈsaɪtəsiːn/.
- What is the plural of cytosine?
- The plural of cytosine is cytosines.
Words near cytosine in the dictionary
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