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cytosine
CIDE DICTIONARY
cytosine, n.
A pyrimidine (C4H5N3O ) which is one of the four major basic components of DNA and RNA in most organisms, forming glyosides with ribose and deoxyribose. It is the basic component of cytidine , deoxycytidine , cytosine , cytidine monophosphate , and derivatives of those compounds. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cytosine, n. one of the principal component bases of the nucleotides and the nucleic acids DNA and RNA, derived from pyrimidine.
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