GO biological process ontology term - GO:0043096 - purine nucleobase salvage
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0043096
- Name
- purine nucleobase salvage
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- Any process that generates purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, from derivatives of them without de novo synthesis.