adenine
adenine — 名詞
1. a nitrogen-containing molecule that acts as a letter in the genetic alphabet of
腺嘌呤
DNA和RNA中的四種鹼基之一
a nitrogen-containing molecule that acts as a letter in the genetic alphabet of DNA and RNA, bonding with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA to store and pass on hereditary information
Tamar's biology teacher used a plastic model to show how adenine fits with thymine.
Tamar 的生物老師用塑膠模型展示腺嘌呤如何與胸腺嘧啶配對。
adenine + fits/pairs with + thymine
The poster on Madison's wall listed adenine as one of the four DNA bases.
Madison 房間牆上的海報將腺嘌呤列為 DNA 的四種鹼基之一。
Lakshmi highlighted every adenine in the DNA sequence with a yellow marker.
Lakshmi 用黃色螢光筆標出 DNA 序列中的每一個腺嘌呤。
During the lab, Joon's team found that adenine made up thirty percent of the sample.
在實驗中，Joon 的小組發現腺嘌呤佔了樣本的百分之三十。
Jelani pointed to the RNA diagram and showed how adenine bonds with uracil, not thymine.
Jelani 指著 RNA 圖表，說明腺嘌呤在那裡與尿嘧啶鍵結，而非胸腺嘧啶。
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively in biology and biochemistry; not part of everyday conversation. The term appears most often in lessons on genetics, DNA structure, and molecular biology.