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thymine
Thymine is a specialized biochemical term used almost exclusively within the fields of genetics, molecular biology, and organic chemistry. It carries a neutral, scientific connotation and is used to describe one of the four primary nitrogenous bases that constitute the genetic blueprint of living organisms.
As a chemical compound, it is treated as an uncountable mass noun in scientific discourse. One does not typically refer to multiple thymines unless discussing different chemical derivatives or specific molecular instances, and it does not require partitive counters like piece of in standard biological contexts.
Meanings
Examples
Thymine always pairs with adenine in the DNA double helix.
The lab technician measured the concentration of thymine in the sample.
The lab technician measured the concentration of thymine in the sample.
Wait, does thymine replace uracil in DNA but not in RNA?
A mutation occurred when a thymine base was deleted from the sequence.
The researcher focused on the methylation of thymine within the genome.
The researcher focused on the methylation of thymine within the genome.
I wonder how thymine contributes to the stability of the genetic code.
Thymine is one of the four nitrogenous bases that make up DNA.
The sequence contains a high percentage of thymine and adenine.