adenine

n. 腺嘌呤 [化] 腺嘌呤; 6-氨基嘌呤

发音

US /ˈæ.dəˌniːn/

词形变化

adenines 复数 adenines

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

    腺嘌呤

    可数 不可数 化学 生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

a

上位词 1

purine

整体词 5

dna RNA deoxyribonucleic acid desoxyribonucleic acid ribonucleic acid

相关短语

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide 烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸，辅酶 nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate 辅酶Ⅱ

词源

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn)der. German Adeninbor. English adenine From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.

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