Adenine and Purine

Adenine

Adenine noun - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA.
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Purine and adenine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purine" instead a noun "Adenine".

Purine

Purine noun - A colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances.
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Synonyms for Purine

Adenine and purine are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Adenine" with "Purine", this nouns are similar.

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