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Adenine

Known as: Vitamin B4, A, Ade 
A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. It is also a part of many substances in the body that give energy… 
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1,3-dideazaadenine1,N(6)-ethenoadenine2,8-dihydroxyadenine2,9-dimethyladenine
ANTICOAGULANT CPDA-1 THE CLX SYSTEM SOLNAdenine phosphoribosyltransferase:CCnt:Pt:Trophoblasts:QnAdenine:SCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:QnFlavin adenine dinucleotide:SCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:Qn

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Purinesnucleobase

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Stepwise Electrophilic Addition. Some Novel Synthetic Ramifications of an Old Concept
I. lntroduction II. Classical Mechanism of the AdE Reaction and Its Ramifications. Cationoid vs Covalent Electrophiles 111, Two… 
1992
1992
Photochemistry of highly organized biomolecules: Sequence-selective photoreaction of DNA
Abstract 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cytochromes P-450scc, P-450(17)alpha, adrenodoxin, and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-cytochrome P-450 reductase in bovine follicles and corpora lutea. Changes in specific…
To investigate the basis for the pattern of ovarian steroid production during the bovine estrous cycle, the tissue concentrations… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Sequence specificity of point mutations induced during passage of a UV-irradiated shuttle vector plasmid in monkey cells
A simian virus 40-based shuttle vector was used to characterize UV-induced mutations generated in mammalian cells. The small size… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
DNA Plant Viruses
Not available – first paragraph follows: A remarkably simple genetic system for study of DNA multiplication and gene expression… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent formation of 2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxyaflatoxin B1 from aflatoxin B1 by hepatic microsomes.
2,3-Dihydro-2,3-dihydroxyaflatoxin B1 (dihydrodiol) was formed as a major metabolite in the incubation of aflatoxin B1 with rat… 
1977
1977
Sequence specificity of mutagen-nucleic acid complexes in solution: intercalation and mutagen-base pair overlap geometries for proflavine binding to dC-dC-dG-dG and dG-dG-dC-dC self-complementary…
The complex formed between the mutagen proflavine and the dC-dC-dG-dG and dG-dG-dC-dC self-complementary tetranucleotide duplexes… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The regulation of purine utilization in bacteria. II. Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase in isolated membrane preparations and its role in transport of adenine across the membrane.
Abstract The uptake of adenine by membrane vesicles of Escherichia coli is accompanied by its conversion to AMP and is stimulated… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The chemotherapy of herpes iritis with adenine arabinoside and cytarabine.
Adenine arabinoside is an antiviral agent which is not incorporated into DNA, and which is not broken down into inactive… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Study of the hydrogen bonding in the adenine-thymine, adenine-cytosine, and guanine-thymine base pairs.
The motion of the protons in the hydrogen bonds of the guanine—cytosine base pair has recently been studied by Rein and Harris…