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purine

(Science: biochemistry molecular biology) A heterocyclic compound with a fused pyrimidine/imidazole ring. Planar and aromatic in character. The parent compound for the purine bases of nucleic acids.


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heyy if anyone can help

... that you can find easily enough from the books, or simply search from the internet. there are 4 bases that builds the nucleic acid, comprises purine (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidine (thymine (in DNA)/uracil (in RNA), and cytosine). it's the gene expression. every cell that builds the body ...

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by whizzbee
Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:01 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: heyy if anyone can help
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Miller experiment and it's contribution to origin of life

... this one were done yielding more complex results such as: - all 20 amino acids, ATP, some sugars, lipids and even more complex compounds such as purine and pyrimidine bases of RNA and DNA I mean, how can you argue against all of these evidences?... life must have originated in this fashion... ...

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by rajvandam
Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:26 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Miller experiment and it's contribution to origin of life
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Views: 325

DMSO in PCR

... DNA, how is the mechanism? One mechanism that I can imagine is that DMSO is a relatively weak acid, so it readily destabilizes DNA by disturbing purine-deoxyribose bond, yielding apurinic acid. Is it true? Thanks. Victor Apriel

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by victor
Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:08 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: DMSO in PCR
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The Fiber Disease

... for a single amino acid. Each nucleotide sub-unit consists of a phosphate, deoxyribose sugar and one of the 4 nitrogenous nucleotide bases. The purine bases adenine (A) and guanine (G) are larger and consist of two aromatic rings. The pyrimidine bases cytosine (C) and thymine (T) are smaller ...

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by codon blue
Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:46 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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repair mechanism?

it could be fatal: it may give you ulcers. now, from what i have read, caffeine does induce mutations in bacteria by inhibiting an enzyme linked in purine synthesis. however, humans posses a slightly different enzyme for purine synthesis at that stage and caffeine acts only as a mild inhibitor and ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:51 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: repair mechanism?
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