Category:GO:0046106 ! thymine biosynthetic process

name: thymine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of thymine, 5-methyluracil, one of the two major pyrimidine bases present (as thymidine) in DNA but not found in RNA other than (as ribothymidine) in transfer RNA, where it is a minor base." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "thymine anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "thymine biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "thymine formation" EXACT []
synonym: "thymine synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0019856 ! pyrimidine nucleobase biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0019859 ! thymine metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0046106</GOterm>
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