adenines

Thymine's pairing partners

Adenines is the plural of adenine, one of the four nucleotide bases that make up DNA and RNA.

In molecular biology, the plural appears when discussing multiple adenine molecules or comparing adenine residues across different genetic sequences: The adenines in this region pair with thymines on the complementary strand.

biochemistry

purines

Double-ringed nitrogenous bases

  • DNAHereditary code molecule
  • RNAGene expression molecule
  • base pairsBonded DNA building blocks

thymine · nucleic acids · double helix · complementary · hydrogen bonds · deoxyribose · ribose · phosphate · codons · genetic code

cellular

ATP

Cell's energy molecule

coenzymes · FAD · signaling · mitochondria · phosphorylation · biosynthesis · enzymes · cellular respiration · salvage pathway · cell division

molecular

chemical structure

Arrangement of bonded atoms

aromatic · organic compound · crystalline · solubility · synthesis · derivatives · spectroscopy · bonding · atoms · configuration

Opposites
purine vs pyrimidine classification

adeninesthymines

Pyrimidine nucleobases in DNA

thymine · uracil · cytosine

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