Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Guanine:
One of the five
heterocyclic
nucleobases
comprising
nucleic acids
such
DNA
and
RNA
. Not to be confused with
guanidine
or
guanosine
.
Molecular structure
of guanine.
Related terms:
Nucleoside
,
nucleotide
,
purine
,
pyrimidine
,
imidazole
,
adenine
,
cytosine
,
thymine
,
uracil
,
bicyclic
,
fused
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