Sentences with phrase «pyrimidine in»
The radiation and harsh temperatures broke down pyrimidine in the ice and formed new compounds related to life, such as uracil and cytosine.
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Frozen in ice under ultraviolet radiation, high vacuum and low temperature, the pyrimidine turned into uracil, cytosine and thymine, major components of earthly DNA and RNA.
Scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center went even further in 2015 when they exposed the organic molecule pyrimidine, found in meteorites, to interstellar conditions.
In others, they changed pyrimidine RNA nucleotides, with cytidine or uracil bases, into pyrimidine DNA nucleotides with cytidine or thymidine bases.
Using an antibody test, the researchers found 40 % to 50 % fewer pyrimidine dimers in the treated skin samples.
According to enzyme classification, ENTPD8 is involved in purine and pyrimidine metabolism.