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  • 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: BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 324.
    • Definition: BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 324.
    • Context: SCHAAF, Christian, ZSCHOCKE, Johannes (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. 2. Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 6.
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      SCHAAF, C.P.; ZSCHOCKE, J. & L. POTOCKI (2011) Human Genetics: From Molecules to Medicine, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 8
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