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Preferred Name

Pyrimidine

Synonyms

PYRIMIDINE

Pyrimidine

pyrimidine

Definitions

One of two classes of heterocyclic nitrogenous bases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA: in DNA the pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine, in RNA uracil replaces thymine.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C789

ALT_DEFINITION

One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine, and uracil. Cytosine and thymine are used to make DNA and cytosine and uracil are used to make RNA.

CAS_Registry

289-95-2

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:16898

code

C789

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

One of two classes of heterocyclic nitrogenous bases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA: in DNA the pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine, in RNA uracil replaces thymine.

FDA_UNII_Code

K8CXK5Q32L

FULL_SYN

PYRIMIDINE

Pyrimidine

pyrimidine

label

Pyrimidine

Legacy Concept Name

Pyrimidine

Preferred_Name

Pyrimidine

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C789

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

UMLS_CUI

C0034289

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C542

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