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Cytosine

Known as: 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-amino-, 4-Amino-2(1H)-pyrimidinone, Cytosine [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. It is a type of pyrimidine.
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1-(2-octadecyloxycarbonylethyl)cytosine1-(4-toluenesulfonyl)cytosine1-cyclohexylcytosine1-methylcytosine
Cytosine/Creatinine:SRto:Pt:Urine:QnCytosine:SCnc:Pt:CSF:QnIn Bloodagonists

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Uridine Triphosphatenucleobase

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1987
1987
Imbalance in the nucleotide pools of myeloid leukemia cells and HL-60 cells: correlation with cell-cycle phase, proliferation, differentiation, and transformation.
Myeloblasts from the blood of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in a blastoid crisis were shown to have an imbalance… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
The electronic spectrum of cytosine
Polarized reflection spectra in the range 360 to 135 nm taken from the (100) and (001) faces of single crystals of cytosine… 
1985
1985
Ethidium ion binds more strongly to a DNA double helix with a bulged cytosine than to a regular double helix.
Thermodynamic parameters for ethidium intercalation were determined for the double helices formed by the oligonucleotides dCA6G… 
1984
1984
Hydrolysis of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide and its covalent binding to DNA proceed through similar rate-determining steps.
The mutagenic and carcinogenic metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene, (7R,8S)-dihydroxy-(9R,10R)-epoxy-7,8, 9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Pharmacokinetics of continuous intravenous and subcutaneous infusions of cytosine arabinoside.
The pharmacokinetics of continuous subcutaneous cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) infusions were compared with continuous intravenous… 
1977
1977
Sequence specificity of mutagen-nucleic acid complexes in solution: intercalation and mutagen-base pair overlap geometries for proflavine binding to dC-dC-dG-dG and dG-dG-dC-dC self-complementary…
The complex formed between the mutagen proflavine and the dC-dC-dG-dG and dG-dG-dC-dC self-complementary tetranucleotide duplexes… 
1969
1969
Toxicity Studies in Mice Treated with 1-β-d-Arabinofuranosyl-cytosine (ara-C)
Summary Optimum therapeutic dosage schedules of 1-β-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) administered intraperitoneally in mice (15… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Study of the hydrogen bonding in the adenine-thymine, adenine-cytosine, and guanine-thymine base pairs.
The motion of the protons in the hydrogen bonds of the guanine—cytosine base pair has recently been studied by Rein and Harris… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Cytogenetic and morphologie abnormalities in human bone marrow cells during cytosine arabinoside therapy.
The cytogenetic and morphologic abnormalities arising in the bone marrow following therapy with 1-β-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The crystal structure of an intermolecular complex containing a guanine and a cytosine derivative.
Note added in proof: The assignment of 1A2G as one of the glutamine triplets' has been made questionable by the finding that, in…