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  • noun Plural form of purine.

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Examples

  • So tis not going to go away ... but it just means he can’t eat things high in purines ... he’s on the ANTI-atkins diet.lol. good to “meet” you, babe!

    changes! « Magic Lantern Arts 2003

  • Instead of sifting through mounds of unknown chemicals at random, Elion focused on one class of compounds, called purines.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Instead of sifting through mounds of unknown chemicals at random, Elion focused on one class of compounds, called purines.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Instead of sifting through mounds of unknown chemicals at random, Elion focused on one class of compounds, called purines.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • It turns out that the four kinds of building blocks in DNA are of two types, called purines and pyrimidines.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • It turns out that the four kinds of building blocks in DNA are of two types, called purines and pyrimidines.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • It turns out that the four kinds of building blocks in DNA are of two types, called purines and pyrimidines.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • It turns out that the four kinds of building blocks in DNA are of two types, called purines and pyrimidines.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • A diet rich in chemicals called purines, because purines are broken down by the body into uric acid.

    unknown title 2009

  • Working Mechanism -- DNA of cell of a sequence of four constituent bases known as purines and pyrimidines linked together in a double - stranded helix.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

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