C & G
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Scientists once thought that the single code governing life was DNA, and that everything was governed by how DNA's four building blocks -- A, C, G and T -- combined and recombined.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
He assigns a distinct note to each of the four bases of the DNA molecule — A, C, G, and T.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Moreover, the ribosome contains modified versions of the standard RNA nucleosides A, C, G, and U. These exotic nucleosides have long been seen as possible vestiges of a primordial broth.
From Scientific American • May 18, 2022
The four bases of RNA form a kind of language with just four letters: A, C, G, and U. We call this language the genetic code.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
By coincidence, Pauling and Corey had also suggested a triple helix, with the bases A, C, G, and T pointed outside.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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