

Uracil (Highly Pure) by Molecular Depot is a uracil, the pyrimidine nucleobase found in RNA in place of the thymine of DNA. Uracil differs from thymine by a single methyl group, and its appearance in DNA, whether by cytosine deamination or by misincorporation, is recognised and excised by uracil-DNA glycosylase. It is used as a nucleobase supplement in culture and selection media, as a standard in nucleotide analysis and in pyrimidine metabolism and DNA repair research. Each unit contains 50 mg. MBP supplies Molecular Depot research reagents to research labs in the United States, Canada and worldwide.