homothymine

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English

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Etymology

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From homo- +‎ thymine.

Noun

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homothymine (uncountable)

  1. (genetics) A homopyrimidine pairing in which the base is thymine
    • 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Additionally, this work presents the first synthesis of a homothymine polyanionic PNA α-oligomer ( 3 ).