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Cytosine

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-007240

1. A pyrimidine base that is a fundamental unit of nucleic acids.

2. One of the four nitrogenous bases in DNA that make up the letters ATGC. Cytosine is the "C". The others are adenine, guanine, and thymine. Cytosine always pairs with guanine.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-007240
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH); NOAA Coral Reef Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007240",
  "term": "Cytosine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A pyrimidine base that is a fundamental unit of nucleic acids.\n\n2. One of the four nitrogenous bases in DNA that make up the letters ATGC. Cytosine is the \"C\". The others are adenine, guanine, and thymine. Cytosine always pairs with guanine.",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)",
    "NOAA Coral Reef Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cytosine/"
}

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