guanine

guanine
noun Etymology: guano + -ine; from its being found especially in guano Date: 1850 a purine base C5H5N5O that codes genetic information in the polynucleotide chain of DNA or RNA — compare adenine, cytosine, thymine, uracil

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  • Guanine — Structure de la 1,9H guanine Général …   Wikipédia en Français

  • guanine — [ gwanin ] n. f. • 1858; de guano ♦ Biochim. Une des quatre bases azotées, constituant des acides ribonucléique et désoxyribonucléique. Dans l A. D. N. « la Guanine (G) s associe avec la Cytosine (C) » (Monod). ● guanine nom féminin (de guano)… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • guanine — guanine. См. гуанин. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • guanine — 1850, from GUANO (Cf. guano), from which the chemical first was isolated, + chemical suffix INE (Cf. ine) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • guanine — [gwä′nēn΄, gwä′nin] n. [< GUANO (a commercial source of the base) + INE3] a crystalline purine base, C5H5N5O, contained in the nucleic acids of all tissue: it links with cytosine in the DNA structure …   English World dictionary

  • Guanine — chembox ImageFile1 = Guanine chemical structure.png ImageSize1 = 150px ImageFileL2 = Guanine 3D balls.png ImageSizeL2 = 100px ImageFileR2 = Guanine 3D vdW.png ImageSizeR2 = 100px IUPACName = 2 amino 1 H purin 6(9 H ) one OtherNames = 2 amino 6… …   Wikipedia

  • Guanine — One of the four bases in DNA that make up the letters ATGC. Guanine is the G . The others are adenine, cytosine, and thymine. Guanine always pairs with cytosine to form the base pair G C (guanine cytosine) in the DNA. The other base pair in the… …   Medical dictionary

  • guanine — /gwah neen/, n. Biochem. a purine base, C5H5N5O, that is a fundamental constituent of DNA and RNA, in which it forms base pairs with cytosine. Symbol: G Cf. guanosine. [GUAN(O) + INE2] * * * Organic compound of the purine family, often called a… …   Universalium

  • guanine — guaninas statusas T sritis chemija formulė C₅H₂N₄(NH₂)OH santrumpa( os) Gua atitikmenys: angl. guanine rus. гуанин ryšiai: sinonimas – 2 amino 6 purinolis …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • guanine — guaninas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Azotinė bazė ( purino darinys), įeinanti į DNR sudėtį. atitikmenys: angl. guanine rus. гуанин …   Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas

  • Guanine nucleotide exchange factor — Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) are components of intracellular signalling networks. They function as activators of small GTPases (see Nucleotide exchange factor). In their resting state, G proteins are bound to Guanosine diphosphate… …   Wikipedia

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