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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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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Electron affinity of the guanine-cytosine base pair and structural perturbations upon anion formation.
The adiabatic electron affinity (AEA) for the Watson-Crick guanine-cytosine (GC) DNA base pair is predicted using a range of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Deamination of Cytosine-containing Pyrimidine Photodimers in UV-irradiated DNA
The realization that cytosine in cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimers rapidly deaminates to uracil raised the possibility that this… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Mechanism of SOS mutagenesis of UV-irradiated DNA: mostly error-free processing of deaminated cytosine.
We measured the kinetics of growth and mutagenesis of UV-irradiated DNA of phages S13 and lambda that were undergoing SOS repair… 
1988
1988
CD of six different conformational rearrangements of poly[d(A-G).d(C-T)] induced by low pH.
On the basis of circular dichroism (CD) data, we have now identified six different conformational states (other than the duplex… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
High-dose cytosine arabinoside and m-AMSA is effective therapy in relapsed acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
High-dose cytosine arabinoside ( HDARAC ) and 4'-(9 acridinylamino) methane sulfon -m-anisidine (m-AMSA) was administered as… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Specific binding of antitumour drug cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl2 to DNA rich in guanine and cytosine
ONE of the more effective cis-platinum antitumour compounds currently being tested in cancer chemotherapy is cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl2 (ref… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Transport and Phosphorylation as Factors in the Antitumor Action of Cytosine Arabinoside
Survival of mice bearing different transplantable leukemias and treated with cytosine arabinoside was compared with uptake and… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
A CHROMATOGRAPHIC STUDY OF HYDROLYSIS IN THE FEULGEN NUCLEAL REACTION
In a study on Feulgen hydrolysis of frozen-dried alcohol-fixed lily anthers, a chromatographic technique was developed to analyze… 
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