cytosine

English

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Etymology

After German Cytosin, from cyto- + -ose + -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsaɪtəsin/

Noun

cytosine (plural cytosines)

1. (biochemistry) A base, C₄H₅N₃O, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA.

Derived terms

• cytosine arabinoside

Translations

a base which appears in DNA

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胞嘧啶 (cmn) (bāomìdìng)

• Czech: cytosin (cs) m
• Esperanto: citozino (eo)
• French: cytosine (fr) f
• German: Cytosin (de) n

• Icelandic: sýtósín (is) n, sýtosín (is) n
• Italian: citosina (it) f
• Japanese: シトシン (ja) (shitoshin)
• Polish: cytozyna (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: citòzīn (sh) m