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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
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Angiogenesis, thymidine phosphorylase, and resistance of squamous cell head and neck cancer to cytotoxic and radiation therapy.
Thymidine phosphorylase (TP), an enzyme involved in the thymidine synthesis and degradation, has been shown to promote tumor… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
An investigation by 1H NMR spectroscopy into the factors determining the beta:alpha ratio of the product in 2'-deoxynucleoside synthesis.
By following the course of the reaction between a suitably-protected base and a chlorosugar in an NMR tube at 250 MHz, it has… 
1983
1983
Defective thymine dimer excision from xeroderma pigmentosum chromatin and its characteristic catalysis by cell-free extracts.
Specific excision of thymine dimers from isolated normal human and xeroderma pigmentosum (XP complementation groups A, C, D and G… 
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.
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… 
Highly Cited
1950
Highly Cited
1950
THE NUCLEAR CYTOLOGY OF THE VEGETATIVE DIPLOPHASE OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE