"guanine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡwɑː.niːn/ Audio: en-us-guanine.ogg Forms: guanines [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːniːn Etymology: guano + -ine. Guanine was named by the German chemist Julius Bodo Unger in 1846 who isolated it from guano. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|guano|ine}} guano + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun}} guanine (plural guanines)
  1. (chemistry) A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds). Wikipedia link: de:Bodo Unger (Chemiker), guanine Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: guanin [dated] Derived forms: alkylguanine, azaguanine, benzylguanine, deoxyguanine, methylguanine, oligoguanine, oxoguanine, pentaguanine, polyguanine, thioguanine Related terms: guanosine, guanylate, guanylic acid, inosine (alt: a nucleobase susbstitute for guanine) Translations (substance obtained from guano): 鳥嘌呤 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸟嘌呤 (niǎopiàolìng, niǎopiāolìng) (Chinese Mandarin), guanin [masculine] (Czech), guanino (Esperanto), guaniini (Finnish), guanine [feminine] (French), Guanin [neuter] (German), guanin (Hungarian), gúanín [neuter] (Icelandic), guanina [feminine] (Italian), グアニン (guanin) (Japanese), гуанин (guanin) (Kazakh), гуанин (guanin) (Kyrgyz), guanina [feminine] (Polish), гуани́н (guanín) [masculine] (Russian), guanina [feminine] (Spanish), guanin (Turkish)

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