purine

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and purine

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.

As a noun purine

is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.

As an adjective nonpurine is

not of or pertaining to purine.

As nouns the difference between purine and myoseverin

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while myoseverin is a purine derivative that binds microtubules and is an inhibitor of angiogenesis.

As nouns the difference between purine and phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine is (biochemistry) an intermediate in the synthesis of purines.

As nouns the difference between purine and thiopurine

is that purine is any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while thiopurine is any of several types of sulfur derivative of a purine, some of which have medical applications.

In organic compound|lang=en terms the difference between purine and purvalanol

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while purvalanol is (organic compound) a particular trisubstituted purine that induces apoptosis in some neurons.

As nouns the difference between purine and purvalanol

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while purvalanol is (organic compound) a particular trisubstituted purine that induces apoptosis in some neurons.

In organic compound|lang=en terms the difference between purine and aminoimidazole

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while aminoimidazole is (organic compound) any amino derivative of imidazole, but especially 5-aminoimidazole whose ribonucleotide is an intermediate in the formation of purines.

As nouns the difference between purine and aminoimidazole

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while aminoimidazole is (organic compound) any amino derivative of imidazole, but especially 5-aminoimidazole whose ribonucleotide is an intermediate in the formation of purines.

As nouns the difference between purine and depurinization

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while depurinization is (biochemistry) the mutation of nucleic acid by removal of purine bases (an ageing process in cells).

As nouns the difference between purine and forodesine

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while forodesine is (pharmaceutical drug) a transition-state analog inhibitor of purine nucleoside phosphorylase that is being developed to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

As nouns the difference between purine and clofarabine

is that purine is (organic compound) any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings that comprise one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids while clofarabine is a purine nucleoside antimetabolite used in the treatment of leukaemia.