Medical Definition of Thymine dimer

1. Dimer that can be formed in DNA by covalent linkage between two adjacent (cis) thymidine residues, in response to ultraviolet irradiation. Occurrence potentially mutagenic, although repair enzymes exist that can excise thymine dimers. See: xeroderma pigmentosum. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thymine Dimer

thymidine permease
thymidine phosphorylase
thymidine triphosphate
thymidines
thymidylate
thymidylate synthase
thymidylate synthase-dihydrofolate reductase
thymidylates
thymidylic acid
thymier
thymiest
thymin
thymine
thymine deoxyribonucleoside
thymine deoxyribonucleotide
thymine dimer (current term)
thymine nucleotide
thymine nucleotides
thymines
thyminuria
thymitis
thymo-
thymocyte
thymocytes
thymogenic
thymokinetic
thymol
thymol blue
thymol iodide
thymol turbidity test

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