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Base pair
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Chromosome]] * [[DNA]] * [[Gene]] * [[Genetic architecture]] * [[Nucleotide]] . . . cytosine (C). In RNA, thymine is replaced by uracil (U). ====Examples==== As DNA is usually double-stranded, . . . smaller nucleic acids, cytosine and thymine (and uracil), are members of a class of singly-ringed chemical . . . One common mutagenic base analog is 5-bromouracil, which resembled thymine but can base-pair to . . .
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DNA methyltransferase
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Base pair]] * [[CpG sites]] * [[DNA]] * [[Epigenetics]] * [[Histone . . . converts all unmethylated [[cytosine]] into [[uracil]] and leaves methylated cytosine intact. This . . . by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). During PCR, uracil is read as [[thymidine]] by DNA polymerase. . . .
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Allele]] * [[Base pair]] * [[Chromosome]] * [[Genetic architecture]] . . . In some organisms, most notably the PBS1 phage, Uracil (U) replaces T in the organism's DNA.[1] These . . . RNA, the nucleotides thymine (T) are replaced by uracil (U). ====Molecular structure==== <div class="quote">http://www.dadamo.com/wiki/dna-rna.png . . . their bases. These are adenine (A), thymine (T), uracil (U), cytosine (C), and guanine (G). U is rarely . . .
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Guanine
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[DNA]] * [[RNA]] ====Description==== Guanine is one of the five main . . . [[adenine]], [[cytosine]], [[thymine]], and [[uracil]]. With the formula C5H5N5O, guanine is a derivative . . . whereas thymine is usually seen only in DNA and uracil only in RNA. Guanine has two tautomeric forms, . . . be used to form guanine, along with adenine, uracil and thymine. Heating a equimolar gas mixture . . . with an alumina catalyst yielded guanine and uracil: 5CO + (1/2)H2 + 5NH3 → C5H8N5O (guanine) . . .
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Nucleotide
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Base pair]] * [[Chromosome]] * [[DNA]] * [[Gene]] * [[RNA]] * [[Single . . . [[Adenine]] T: [[Thymine]] C: [[Cytosine]] U: [[Uracil]] not present in DNA, but takes the place of . . .
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Pyrimidine
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[DNA]] * [[Nucleotide]] * [[RNA]] ====Description==== '''Pyrimidine''' . . . acids, namely [[cytosine]], [[thymine]], and [[uracil]], are pyrimidine derivatives. In [[DNA]] and . . . H2O, and urea. Cytosine can be broken down to uracil which can be further broken down to N-carbamoyl-β-alanine. . . .
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RNA (ribonucleic acid)
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[Allele]] * [[Chromosome]] * [[Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)]] * [[Genetic . . . RNA nucleotides contain ribose rings and uracil unlike deoxyribonucleic acid ([[DNA]]), which . . . different bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil. The first three are the same as those found . . . in DNA, but uracil replaces thymine as the base complementary to . . . a pyrimidine and is very similar to thymine. Uracil is energetically less expensive to produce than . . .
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Thymidylate synthase (TS) polymorphism
[[Polymorphism]] ====See Also==== * [[Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism]] * [[5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate . . . for the widely used anticancer agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which is active against solid tumors . . . metabolism and the primary target of 5-fluorouracil. A repeat polymorphism in the TS promoter enhancer . . .
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Uracil
[[Genomics]] ====See Also==== * [[DNA]] * [[Nucleotide]] * [[RNA]] ====Description==== '''Uracil''' is . . . States: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning, 1997.}}). Uracil was originally discovered in 1900 and it was . . . Vol 52. New York: Interscience, 1994.}}). Uracil is a planar, unsaturated compound that has the . . . by [[thymine]] in [[DNA]]. Methylation of uracil produces thymine({{www.madsci.org}}). It turns . . . to improve the efficiency of DNA replication. Uracil can base pair with any of the bases depending . . .
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What's New
<table><tr><td> http://www.dadamo.com/wiki/coral-sm.jpg </td><td>Articles . . . (HPA axis)" "Glutathione" "Purine" "Pyrimidine" "Uracil" "Guanine" "Thymine" "Cytosine" "Neutral theory . . .
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