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Thymine

Known as: 2,4-dihydroxy-5-methylpyrimidine, 5-methyluracil, 2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, 5-methyl- 
A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA. It is a type of pyrimidine.
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1,3-dimethylthymine epoxide1-(2-carboxyethyl)thymine1-cyclohexylthymine1-methylthymine
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Pyrimidinesnucleobaseoxypyrimidine

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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Radiation-induced thymine base damage in replicating chromatin.
The efficiency of radiation-induced production of 5',6'-dihydroxydihydrothymine (t/sup ..gamma../)-type damage was determined in… 
1979
1979
Netropsin . dG-dG-dA-dA-dT-dT-dC-dC complex. Antibiotic binding at adenine . thymine base pairs in the minor groove of the self-complementary octanucleotide duplex.
The structure of the netropsin . dG-dG-dA-dA-dT-dT-dC-dC complex (one antibiotic molecule/self-complementary octanucleodide… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Sister chromatid exchanges in Vicia faba
The relationship between chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE's) after treatment of Vicia faba root tips… 
1975
1975
Electron-affinic sensitization. VI. A pulse radiolysis and ESR comparison of some 2- and 5-nitroimidazoles.
1970
1970
Complete Mutagenesis in a Bacterial Population induced by Thymine Starvation on Solid Media
BACTERIA unable to synthesize thymidylic acid (thy−) undergo thymineless death if cultivated in a liquid medium deprived of… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Enzymatic repair of DNA, 1. Purification of two enzymes involved in the excision of thymine dimers from ultraviolet-irradiated DNA.
Two nucleases that catalyze the excision of photoproducts from UV-irradiated DNA have been extensively purified from M. luteus (M… 
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… 
1965
1965
The reaction of hydrogen atoms with thymine and DNA.
Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of radiation-damaged DNA and its constituent bases have been described in several recent… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
FREE-RADICAL FORMATION IN IRRADIATED DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID.
SummaryElectron-spin-resonance spectroscopy has been used to study free radical formation in irradiated DNA, DNA containing bromo… 
1959
1959
Structure of Thymine Hydroperoxide produced by X-Irradiation
WEISS et al.1 have shown that X-irradiation of aerated aqueous solutions of nucleic acids, pyrimidine nucleotides or pyrimidine…