Pronunciations (2)
-
/ˈθaɪmiːn/
-
ˈθaɪmɪn
Noun
A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
- Related words
- Examples
-
Then he found them, the substances that made up the four-letter alphabet in whose language all life is written — adenine and cytosine, guanine and thymine.
More examples (1)
In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].
Noun
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
- Synonyms
- Broader terms