Biology ---------------- |
| Nucleotide |
| Deoxyribonucleic acid: Adenine Cytosine Guanine Thymine Ribonucleic acid: Adenine Cytosine Guanine Uracil |
| Abbreviation A C G T A C G U |
| These are the bases that link together in the deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid. |
| Base Purine base Pyrimidine base Purine base Pyrimidine base Purine base Pyrimidine base Purine base Pyrimidine base |
| Formula C5H5N5 C4H5N3O C5H5N5O C5H6N2O2 C5H5N5 C4H5N3O C5H5N5O C4H4N2O2 |
| Molecular Weight 135.14 111.1 151.13 126.11 135.14 111.1 151.13 112.09 |
| In deoxyribonucleic acid adenine pairs with thymine and cytosine pairs with guanine. In ribonucleic acid, however, there is no thymine, which is replaced by uracil. |