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cytosine A pyrimidine derivative. It is one of the principal component bases of nucleotides and the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.

cytosine

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cytosine One of the pyrimidine bases of nucleic acids.

cytosine

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cytosine A pyrimidine base that occurs in both DNA and RNA.

cytosine

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cytosine A pyrimidine base found in nucleic acids. See also adenine, guanine, and thymine.

cytosine

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cytosine A pyrimidine base that occurs in both DNA and RNA.

cytosine

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cytosine (sy-toh-seen) n. one of the nitrogen-containing bases (see pyrimidine) that occurs in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.

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