- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 7
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Andrés DE PEDRO SCHMIDT, Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Diana MOŢOC, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
- Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
- Term: adenine
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: One of the four nitrogenous bases in DNA, complementary base pairs to thymine (T).
- Context: The allele for sickle-cell anemia substitutes adenine for thymine, giving the DNA codon CAC that results in the amino acid valine being placed into the chain instead of glutamate
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: LEWIS, R. (2010) Human Genetics: The Basics, New York: Routledge. 171.
- Definition: LEWIS, R. (2010) Human Genetics: The Basics, New York: Routledge. 171
- Context: CAREY, G. (2003) Human Genetics for the Social Sciences, Thousand Oaks: Saga Publications. 88
- Images:
SCHAAF, C.P.; ZSCHOCKE, J. & L. POTOCKI (2011) Human Genetics: From Molecules to Medicine, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 8
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