adenine

Etymology
From, from. . It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.

Noun

 * 1)   A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

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