Purines and Pyrimidines

PURINES AND PYRIMIDINES

  • The nitrogenous bases fall in to two types.
  • Purines
    • Any of a group of organic compounds containing two fused rings of carbon and nitrogen atoms. One ring has six members, the other has five, and each has two nitrogens.
  • Pyrimidines
    • Heterocyclic organic compound (C4H4N2).  It  including uracil, cytosine, and thymine
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