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'Pyrimidine' refers to the structure of the molecule whereby it is a 'six-membered pyrimidine ring'. Examples of molecules which possess this structure are the nitrogenous bases Thymine, Cytosine and Uracil (Alberts, 1994, p.61).
Pyrimidine refers to the structure of the molecule whereby it is a 'six-membered pyrimidine ring'. Examples of molecules which possess this structure are the nitrogenous bases [[Thymine|Thymine]], [[Cytosine|Cytosine]] and [[Uracil|Uracil]]&nbsp;<ref>Alberts,B., Johnson, A., Lewis,J., Raff,M., Roberts,K., Walter, P.,(2007) Molecular biology of the cell. 5th ed. New York : Garland Science</ref>.


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[Alberts,B., Johnson, A., Lewis,J., Raff,M., Roberts,K., Walter, P.,(2007)  Molecular biology of the cell. 5th ed. New York : Garland Science]
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Pyrimidine refers to the structure of the molecule whereby it is a 'six-membered pyrimidine ring'. Examples of molecules which possess this structure are the nitrogenous bases Thymine, Cytosine and Uracil [1].

Reference

  1. Alberts,B., Johnson, A., Lewis,J., Raff,M., Roberts,K., Walter, P.,(2007) Molecular biology of the cell. 5th ed. New York : Garland Science