Pyrimidines

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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