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homothymine

homothymine noun: a homopyrimidine pairing in which the base is thymine.

Noun

homothymine (uncountable)

  1. A homopyrimidine pairing in which the base is thymine
    • Additionally, this work presents the first synthesis of a homothymine polyanionic PNA α-oligomer ( 3 ).2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of homothymine

From homo- + thymine.

Questions about homothymine

What does homothymine mean?
Homothymine means a homopyrimidine pairing in which the base is thymine.
What part of speech is homothymine?
Homothymine is a noun.

Words near homothymine in the dictionary

  1. homotheticity
  2. homotheties
  3. homothets
  4. homothety
  5. homothorax
  6. homothymine
  7. homotolerance
  8. homotonic
  9. homotonies
  10. homotonous
  11. homotony

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