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Definition: C4H5N3O
cytosine
\cy"to*sine\ (s[imac]"t[-o]*s[i^]n or
s[imac]"t[-o]*s[=e]n), n. (Biochemistry)
A pyrimidine (
C4H5N3O) which is one of the four major basic
components of DNA and RNA in most organisms, forming
glyosides with ribose and deoxyribose. It is the basic
component of cytidine, deoxycytidine, cytosine, cytidine
monophosphate, and derivatives of those compounds.
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