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arabinosylcytosine

arabinosylcytosine noun: a cytidine analog, formed from arabinose and cytosine, that has antiviral and anticancer activity.

Noun

arabinosylcytosine (uncountable)

  1. A cytidine analog, formed from arabinose and cytosine, that has antiviral and anticancer activity.
    • The patients undergoing haploidentical HSCT were conditioned with 9.0–10.5 Gy TBI on days −7 and −6, 6 g/m 2 /day intravenous arabinosylcytosine (Ara-C) on days −5 to −3, 45 mg/kg/day intravenous CY on days −3 to −2, and 2.5 mg/kg/day intravenous anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) (Sanofi, SangStat...2015 July 26, Li Gao et al., “Favorable outcome of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a multicenter study in...

Origin of arabinosylcytosine

From arabinosyl + cytosine.

Questions about arabinosylcytosine

What does arabinosylcytosine mean?
Arabinosylcytosine means a cytidine analog, formed from arabinose and cytosine, that has antiviral and anticancer activity.
What part of speech is arabinosylcytosine?
Arabinosylcytosine is a noun.

Words near arabinosylcytosine in the dictionary

  1. arabinosyl
  2. arabinosyladenine
  3. arabinosylated
  4. arabinosylation
  5. arabinosylations
  6. arabinosylcytosine
  7. arabinosyls
  8. arabinosyltransferase
  9. arabinosyltransferases
  10. arabinoxylan
  11. arabinoxylans

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