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In biochemistry, one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids (eg,
DNA and RNA). Guanine is a purine derivative and in
[Watson-Crick base pairing]? forms hydrogen bonds with cytidine?.
The nucleoside? is called guanosine.
6-hydroxy-2-aminopurine
Guanine is also the name of a white amorphous substance found in the scales of certain fishes, the guano of sea-birds, and the liver and pancreas of mammals.
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