Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Cytosine:
One of the five
heterocyclic
nucleobases
comprising
nucleic acids
such
DNA
and
RNA
.
Molecular structure
of cytosine.
Related terms:
Nucleoside
,
nucleotide
,
purine
,
pyrimidine
,
adenine
,
guanine
,
thymine
,
uracil
,
cytidine
,
cysteine
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