uracil
See also: Uracil
English
editEtymology
editFrom uro- + ac(etic) + -ile. Coined in 1885 by the German chemist Robert Behrend, who was attempting to synthesize derivatives of uric acid.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edituracil (countable and uncountable, plural uracils)
- (organic chemistry) One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.
- 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:
- We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.
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editTranslations
editone of the bases of RNA
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editCzech
editNoun
edituracil m inan
Declension
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Noun
edituracil m (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) uracil (one of the bases of RNA)
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
edituracil n (uncountable)
Declension
editsingular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | uracil | uracilul |
genitive-dative | uracil | uracilului |
vocative | uracilule |
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