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Uracil

Uracil is one of the four major bases in RNA, replacing thymine as found in DNA. Just like thymine, uracil can form a base pair with adenine via two hydrogen bonds, but it lacks the methyl group present in thymine.

Uracil is also known as 2-oxy-4-oxy pyrimidine.



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