Definition of Deoxycytidine

1. Noun. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose.

Exact synonyms: Cytidine
Generic synonyms: Nucleoside

Definition of Deoxycytidine

1. Noun. (biochemistry genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to deoxyribose ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Deoxycytidine

1. Chemical name: Cytidine, 2'-deoxy- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deoxycytidine

deoxyadenosine methylase
deoxyadenosine monophosphate
deoxyadenosine triphosphate
deoxyadenosines
deoxyadenylic acid
deoxybarbiturate
deoxycholate
deoxycholates
deoxycholic
deoxycholic acid
deoxycholoyl-CoA synthetase
deoxychorismate
deoxycoformycin
deoxycorticosterone
deoxycortone
deoxycytidine (current term)
deoxycytidine kinase
deoxycytidine monophosphate
deoxycytidines
deoxycytidylate
deoxycytidylate hydroxymethyltransferase
deoxycytidylate methylase
deoxycytidylic acid
deoxycytosine nucleotides
deoxyephedrine
deoxyepinephrine
deoxygenate
deoxygenated
deoxygenates
deoxygenating

Literary usage of Deoxycytidine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... (Squibb) 5,6-dihydro-5-azacytidine TN= 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine TN= 5a8, monoclonal antibody to CD4 TN= Treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthénie syndrome. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Total DNA was measured by the method of Hm ii>n (8), or by steady-state labeling of acid-insoluble material with [2-14C]deoxycytidine (0.1 fie per ..."

3. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Subsequently, a single-strand DNA hybridization probe was generated by PCR using the antisense primer and 32P-OC-labeled deoxycytidine-triphosphate (dCTP) ..."

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