Uracil
Uracil is one of the four RNA nucleobases, replacing thymine as found in DNA. Just like thymine, uracil can form a base pair with adenine via two hydrogen bonds, but it lacks the methyl group present in thymine. Uracil, in comparison to thymine, will more readily degenerate into cytosine. Uracil is only very rarely observed in DNA. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
RNA: Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid consisting of a string of covalently-bound nucleotides. It is biochemically distinguished from DNA by the presence of an additional hydroxyl group, attached to each pentose ring. While RNA usually contains uracil instead of thymine, this is not always true, f... Thymine: Thymine, also known as 5-methyluracil, is a pyrimidine nucleobase. It is found in the nucleic acid DNA. In RNA thymine is replaced with uracil in most cases. Thymine can base pair with adenine.... DNA: :For other uses, see DNA (disambiguation).... | ~ Table of Content ~
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