DEOXYCYTIDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deoxycytidine mean? 

• DEOXYCYTIDINE (noun)
  The noun DEOXYCYTIDINE has 1 sense:

1. a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose

  Familiarity information: DEOXYCYTIDINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEOXYCYTIDINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cytidine; deoxycytidine

Hypernyms ("deoxycytidine" is a kind of...):

nucleoside (a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid)

 Context examples 

This protein plays a role in the conversion of deoxycytidine to deoxyuridine.

(Deoxycytidylate Deaminase, NCI Thesaurus)

Deoxycytidine kinase (260 aa, ~31 kDa) is encoded by the human DCK gene.

(Deoxycytidine Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic nucleoside analogue of deoxycytidine.

(Dihydro-5-Azacytidine, NCI Thesaurus)

The lipophilic 5'-elaidic acid ester of the deoxycytidine analog cytosine arabinoside (cytarabine; Ara-C) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Elacytarabine, NCI Thesaurus)

Administered parenterally as a phosphate salt, fludarabine phosphate is rapidly dephosphorylated to 2-fluoro-ara-A and then phosphorylated intracellularly by deoxycytidine kinase to the active triphosphate, 2-fluoro-ara-ATP.

(Fludarabine, NCI Thesaurus)

An analogue of the nucleoside deoxycytidine with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Deoxycytidine Analogue TAS-109, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes deoxycytidine kinase protein, plays a role in the phosphorylation of certain deoxyribonucleosides and their nucleoside analogs.

(DCK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of an analogue of the antimetabolite nucleoside deoxycytidine with antineoplastic activity.

(Gemcitabine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally available nanoparticle-based formulation containing the hydrochloride salt form of gemcitabine, a broad-spectrum antimetabolite and deoxycytidine analogue, with antineoplastic activity.

(Gemcitabine Hydrochloride Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, gemcitabine is converted into the active metabolites difluorodeoxycytidine diphosphate (dFdCDP) and difluorodeoxycytidine triphosphate (dFdCTP) by deoxycytidine kinase. dFdCTP competes with deoxycytidine triphosphate (dCTP) and is incorporated into DNA.

(Gemcitabine, NCI Thesaurus)