adenine
Structure diagram of adenine
Meaning
Noun
- A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
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Origin
- From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν, equivalent to adeno- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.
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