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Uracil

Known as: 4-hydroxy-2-(1H)-pyrimidione, 2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, 2,4-Pyrimidinediol 
A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of RNA. It is a type of pyrimidine.
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1-hexylcarbamoyluracil3-methyluracil4-hydroxyborauracil5,6-diamino-2,4-dihydroxypyrimidine
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Pyrimidinesnucleobaseoxypyrimidine

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1998
1998
Metal ion-assisted stacking interactions and the facilitated hydrolysis of nucleoside 5 ¢ -triphosphates
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Nitrogen-15-labeled yeast tRNAPhe: double and two-dimensional heteronuclear NMR of guanosine and uracil ring NH groups.
5N1-Labeled hypoxanthine and 1,3-15N-labeled uracil were synthesized chemically and used to prepare labeled yeast tRNAPhe… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Purine salvage networks in Giardia lamblia
Purine metabolism in Giardia lamblia was investigated by monitoring incorporation of radiolabeled precursors into purine… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Induction of the DNA repair enzymes uracil DNA glycosylase and 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase in regenerating rat liver.
The capacity of eukaryotic cells to modulate the activities of DNA repair enzymes during cell proliferation was examined. Using… 
1979
1979
Morphological transformation, DNA damage, and chromosomal aberrations induced by a direct DNA perturbation of synchronized Syrian hamster embryo cells.
Abstract The cellular effects of a direct perturbation of DNA during various portions of the DNA synthetic period (S phase) were… 
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
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Analysis of Sporulation Mutants I. Response of Uracil Incorporation to Carbon Sources, and Other Mutant Properties
Mutants deficient in sporulation were isolated and characterized with respect to antibiotic and protease activity… 
1965
1965
Uptake and Incorporation of Thymine, Thymidine, Uracil, Uridine, and 5-Fluorouracil into the Nucleic Acids of Bacillus subtilis
Bodmer, Walter F. (Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.), and Susan Grether. Uptake and incorporation of… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
STUDIES ON THE RADIATION INACTIVATION OF MICROORGANISMS VI. X-
Results are reported from a study of the inactivation of Haemophilus influenzae by exposure to x radiation. Measurements were… 
1960
1960
Effects of 5-Fluorodeoxyuridine and Related Halogenated Pyrimidines on the Sand-Dollar Embryo
The embryo of the sand-dollar (Echinarachnius parma) was exposed to various concentrations of fluorinated pyrimidines immediately…