A white, crystalline, pyrimidine base, C5H6N2O2, contained in the nucleic acids of all tissues. It links with adenine in the DNA structure.
structural formula of thymine:
O CH2 \\ / C -- C / \\ H -- N C -- H \ / C -- N // O
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