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uracil

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈjʊərəsɪl/Part of speech nounSorted acilruStarts with UEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A nitrogen base found in RNA that pairs with adenine.

Word origin

From uro- + ac(etic) + -ile. Coined in 1885 by the German chemist Robert Behrend, who was attempting to synthesize derivatives of uric acid.

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  • We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.

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