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Definition of Guanine

1. Noun. A purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine.

Definition of Guanine

1. Noun. (chemistry) A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guanine

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Guanine

1. One of the constituent bases of nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guanine

Literary usage of Guanine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"To the boiling fluid add acetic acid (in the case of the extract of pig's spleen and other solutions containing guanine the acetic acid should be replaced ..."

2. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"To the boiling fluid add acetic acid (in the case of the extract of pig's spleen and other solutions containing guanine the acetic acid should be replaced ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"According to Neubauer and Kerner, pure guanine is most easily obtained by dissolving the compound of guanine with mercuric chloride in very dilute ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"The guanine is slowly deposited, mixed with uric acid, and assumes the form of a flesh-coloured precipitate. This precipitate, when boiled with hydrochloric ..."

5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"guanine digested with chlorate of potash and chloric acid, generally yields nothing but oxalic acid and ammonia. ..."

6. Nucleic Acids: Their Chemical Properties and Physiological Conduct by Walter Jones (1914)
"guanine may be separated from the other three bases by its insolubility in ammonia (Schindler [1889]). It forms a useful crystalline chloride ..."

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