guanine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *guanine*:
NOUN	substance	guanine, G	a purine base found in DNA and RNA

guanine > pronunciation
Sounds	gwaa'niy.n
Rhymes	Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn...

English > *guanine*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	A purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine.
Synonym	G
Broader	purine	Any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
Substance of	deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA	(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix
Substance of	ribonucleic acid, RNA	(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes
Spanish	guanina
Catalan	guanina

HyperDic: guanine