HyperDic: guanine

English > 1 sense of the word guanine:
NOUNsubstanceguanine, Ga purine base found in DNA and RNA
guanine > pronunciation
Soundsgwaa'niy.n
RhymesAberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn...
English > guanine: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine.
SynonymG
BroaderpurineAny of several bases that are derivatives of purine
Substance ofdeoxyribonucleic 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
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
Spanishguanina
Catalanguanina

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