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loading...| Preferred Name |
Pyrimidine |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C789 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
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. Cytosine and thymine are used to make DNA and cytosine and uracil are used to make RNA. |
| CAS_Registry |
289-95-2 |
| CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:16898 |
| code |
C789 |
| Concept_In_Subset | |
| Contributing_Source |
FDA |
| DEFINITION |
One of two classes of heterocyclic nitrogenous bases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA: in DNA the pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine, in RNA uracil replaces thymine. |
| FDA_UNII_Code |
K8CXK5Q32L |
| label |
Pyrimidine |
| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Pyrimidine |
| Preferred_Name |
Pyrimidine |
| prefixIRI |
C789 |
| prefLabel |
Pyrimidine |
| Semantic_Type |
Organic Chemical |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0034289 |
| subClassOf |
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