Nucleic Acid Vocabulary

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noun a compound that is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. It is paired with thymine in double-stranded DNA.

  • Adenine is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of DNA.
  • I learned that adenine is a key component of DNA during my biology class.
  • I heard that adenine is like the 'A' in the DNA code.
  • Just like how adenine pairs with thymine in DNA, we make a great pair as friends.