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purine

DEFINITIONS OF: purine

1

n a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances

Type of:
alkali, base
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

n any of several bases that are derivatives of purine

Types:
A, adenine
(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
G, guanine
a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
Type of:
alkali, base
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
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