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Adenine

Adenine_definition_Brody_Larry.mp3 Adenine (A) is one of the four nucleotide bases in DNA, with the other three being cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). Within a double-stranded DNA molecule, adenine bases on one strand pair with thymine bases on the opposite strand. The sequence of the four nucleotide bases encodes DNA’s information.

Adenine_transcription_Brody_Larry.mp3

Adenine. Adenine, pairing with T in DNA, is usually represented as bonding with two hydrogen bonds, holding the DNA together.

Lawrence Brody, Ph.D.

Director

Division Of Genomics and Society

Cytosine Guanine Thymine Uracil Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Base Pair Genetic Code