English noun: adenine | |||
| 1. | adenine (substance) (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA | ||
| Synonyms | A | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | purine | ||
| Substance meronym | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, ribonucleic acid, RNA | ||
| Domain category | biochemistry | ||