NUCLEOBASE

Nucleobase

Nucleobases are nitrogen-containing biological compounds found within deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid, nucleotides, and nucleosides. Often simply called bases in genetics, their ability to form base-pairs and to stack upon one another lead directly to the helical structure of DNA and RNA.

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nucleobase

Noun

  1. The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.


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