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mutations of DNA
involves two
adjacent thymines or cytosine, which, in
presence of
ultraviolet light, may form
thymine dimers,
causing "kinks" in the DNA...
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three types of
nucleobases are
pyrimidine derivatives:
cytosine (C),
thymine (T), and
uracil (U). The
pyrimidine ring
system has wide
occurrence in...
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resulting in
abnormal non-canonical base
pairing and, consequently,
adjacent thymines or
cytosines in DNA will form a
cyclobutane ring when
joined together and...
- (symbol dT or dThd), also
known as deoxythymidine, deoxyribosylthymine, or
thymine deoxyriboside, is a
pyrimidine deoxynucleoside.
Deoxythymidine is the DNA...
- G/T mismatch-specific
thymine DNA
glycosylase is an
enzyme that in
humans is
encoded by the TDG gene.
Several bacterial proteins have
strong sequence...
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coupling of the C=C
double bonds of pyrimidines.
Thymine dimers (T-T dimers)
formed in
between two
thymines are the most
abundant of the CPDs. CPDs are readily...
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nucleotide bases found in DNA and RNA,
along with adenine, guanine, and
thymine (uracil in RNA). It is a
pyrimidine derivative, with a
heterocyclic aromatic...
- nitrogen-containing
nucleobases (cytosine [C],
guanine [G],
adenine [A] or
thymine [T]), a
sugar called deoxyribose, and a
phosphate group. The nucleotides...
- bonds. In DNA, the
uracil nucleobase is
replaced by
thymine (T).
Uracil is a
demethylated form of
thymine.
Uracil is a
common and
naturally occurring pyrimidine...
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Five nucleobases—adenine (A),
cytosine (C),
guanine (G),
thymine (T), and
uracil (U)—are
called primary or canonical. They
function as the...
