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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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Review
2013
Review
2013
Comprehensive Analysis of Silencing Mutants Reveals Complex Regulation of the Arabidopsis Methylome
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Recognition and potential mechanisms for replication and erasure of cytosine hydroxymethylation
Cytosine residues in mammalian DNA occur in at least three forms, cytosine (C), 5-methylcytosine (M; 5mC) and 5… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Epigenetic Regulation of HIV-1 Latency by Cytosine Methylation
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) persists in a latent state within resting CD4+ T cells of infected persons treated… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Endogenous cytosine damage products alter the site selectivity of human DNA maintenance methyltransferase DNMT1.
Alterations in cytosine methylation patterns are usually observed in human tumors. The consequences of altered cytosine… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Arabidopsis MET1 cytosine methyltransferase mutants.
We describe the isolation and characterization of two missense mutations in the cytosine-DNA-methyltransferase gene, MET1, from… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Transcription of IAP endogenous retroviruses is constrained by cytosine methylation
116 nature genetics volume 20 october 1998 Berkeley, California 94720, USA. 2Department of Pathology, University of Washington… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Cytosine methylation prevents binding to DNA of a HeLa cell transcription factor required for optimal expression of the adenovirus major late promoter.
Cytosine methylation within CpG dinucleotides has been implicated in the regulation of gene expression in vertebrates and, in… 
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1969
Highly Cited
1969
Enzymatic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid.
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1968
Highly Cited
1968
Arabinosyl cytosine: a useful agent in the treatment of acute leukemia in adults.
Arabinosyl cytosine (ara-C), a synthetic pyrimidine nucleoside related to the normal metabolites cytidine and deoxycytidine, has… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The enzymology of control by feedback inhibition.
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