guanine

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 DNA is composed of adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.

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  1. noun A purine base, C5H5ON5, that is an essential constituent of both RNA and DNA.

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  • Micro-PET imaging using the sr39tk-specific substrate 9 - [4 - [18F] fluoro-3 - (hydroxymethyl) - butyl] guanine ([18F] FHBG) enabled the detection of transplanted T cells in secondary lymphoid organs of recipient mice over a —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • He is hunting for the single genetic quirk responsible for Beatrice's woes-an adenine in place of a guanine, perhaps, or an extra cytosine in a key location. —  Wired Top Stories
  • And it would not hurt to re-visit the following movies, "Gattaca" (which is an anagram on the building blocks of molecullar biology / DNA -- [adenosine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine = gattaca], the genetic code which is written using four "letters", G, A, T, and C, each of which represents a molecule known as a nulceotide), —  BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS
  • Adenine and guanine are fused five - and six-membered purines, while cytosine and thymine are six-membered rings called uracil (U), replaces thymine in RNA. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • In fact, most of the current approaches for the design of microarrays are based on common-sense 'parameters, such as guanine-cytosine content, secondary structure, melting temperature or possibility of minimizing the effects of nonspecific hybridization. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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/ˈgwɑnɪn/
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