Thymine

Definition

Thymine is one of the four nucleotide bases in the nucleic acid of DNA that are represented by the letters G–C–A–T. The others are adenine, guanine, and cytosine. Thymine is also known as 5-methyluracil, a pyrimidine nucleobase. In RNA, thymine is replaced by the nucleobase uracil. Thymine was first isolated in 1893 by Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann from calf thymus glands, hence its name.

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5-Methylcytidine 5-Methyluridine 5-Methyluridine diphosphate 5-Methyluridine monophosphate 5-Methyluridine triphosphate Acid dissociation constant Adenine Adenosine Adenosine diphosphate Adenosine monophosphate Adenosine triphosphate Albrecht Kossel Aqueous solution Base pair Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft Boiling point CAS Registry Number Cancer ChEBI ChEMBL ChemSpider Chemical formula CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Condensation reaction Cosmic dust Cyclic ADP-ribose Cyclic adenosine monophosphate Cyclic di-AMP Cyclic di-GMP Cyclic guanosine monophosphate Cyclic guanosine monophosphate–adenosine monophosphate Cyclic nucleotide Cytidine Cytidine diphosphate Cytidine monophosphate Cytidine triphosphate Cytosine DNA DNA replication DTDP DTMP DTTP Density Deoxyadenosine Deoxyadenosine diphosphate Deoxyadenosine monophosphate Deoxyadenosine triphosphate Deoxycytidine Deoxycytidine diphosphate Deoxycytidine monophosphate Deoxycytidine triphosphate Deoxyguanosine Deoxyguanosine diphosphate Deoxyguanosine monophosphate Deoxyguanosine triphosphate Deoxyinosine Deoxyinosine monophosphate Deoxyinosine triphosphate Deoxyribonucleoside Deoxyribonucleotide Deoxyribose Deoxythymidine Deoxyuridine Deoxyuridine diphosphate Deoxyuridine monophosphate Deoxyuridine triphosphate Deoxyxanthosine Deoxyxanthosine monophosphate Deoxyxanthosine triphosphate ECHA InfoCard Elizabeth J. Tasker Emil Fischer Escherichia coli Escherichia virus T4 Fluorouracil Genetics (journal)Guanine Guanosine Guanosine diphosphate Guanosine monophosphate Guanosine triphosphate Hendrik Poinar Hydantoin Hydrogen peroxide Hypoxanthine IUPHAR/BPS Inosine Inosine triphosphate Inosinic acid International Chemical Identifier J. Bacteriol.JSmol John W. Drake Life Medical Subject Headings Melting point Meteorite Methylation Molar mass Mutat. Res.Mutation N6-Methyladenosine NASA Nature Reviews Genetics Nucleic acid Nucleobase Nucleoside Nucleoside triphosphate Nucleotide Nucleotide base Organic compound Outer space Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Preferred IUPAC name Pseudouridine PubChem Purine Purine analogue Pyrimidine Pyrimidine analogue RNA Red giant Redox Ribonucleoside Ribonucleotide Science of the Total Environment Scientific American Simplified molecular-input line-entry system Standard state Svante Pääbo Thiamine Thymidine Thymidine diphosphate Thymidine monophosphate Thymidine triphosphate Thymine dimers Thymineless death Thymus Transition (genetics)Ultraviolet Unique Ingredient Identifier Uracil Urea Uridine Uridine diphosphate Uridine monophosphate Uridine triphosphate Wybutosine Xanthine Xanthosine Xanthosine diphosphate Xanthosine monophosphate Xanthosine triphosphate

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