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Pyrimidines

Known as: PYRIMIDINE, Pyrimidines [Chemical/Ingredient] 
One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine, and uracil… 
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1,4-dihydropyrimidine2-methyl-5,6-cyclopentapyrimidine4-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrimidine4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine

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diazine

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2006
Review
2006
Pyrimidine and purine biosynthesis and degradation in plants.
Nucleotide metabolism operates in all living organisms, embodies an evolutionarily ancient and indispensable complex of metabolic… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are predominant DNA lesions in whole human skin exposed to UVA radiation
Solar UV radiation is the most important environmental factor involved in the pathogenesis of skin cancers. The well known… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Ultraviolet radiation-mediated damage to cellular DNA.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Recent advances in the Biginelli dihydropyrimidine synthesis. New tricks from an old dog.
In 1893, P. Biginelli reported the synthesis of functionalized 3, 4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones (DHPMs) via three-component… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Microsecond time-scale discrimination among polycytidylic acid, polyadenylic acid, and polyuridylic acid as homopolymers or as segments within single RNA molecules.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Structure of a B-DNA dodecamer. III. Geometry of hydration.
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1976
Highly Cited
1976
Degradation of purines and pyrimidines by microorganisms
[This corrects the article on p. 403 in vol. 40.]. 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Discontinuities in the DNA synthesized in an excision-defective strain of Escherichia coli following ultraviolet irradiation.
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The enzymology of control by feedback inhibition.
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The purine and pyrimidine composition of deoxypentose nucleic acids.
Hitchings, G. H., Elion, G. B., Falco, E. A. & Russell, P. B. (1949). J. biol. Chem. 177, 357. Hotchkiss, R. D. (1948). J. biol… 
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