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One of the four bases in DNA that make up the letters ATGC, adenine is the "A". The others are guanine, cytosine, and thymine. Adenine always pairs with thymine.
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Dr. Robert Nussbaum, formerly of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines adenine.
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base pair,
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),
ribonucleic acid (RNA),
protein,
genetic code (ATGC),
nucleotide,
uracil,
thymine,
guanine |
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