Thymidine meaning

thī'mĭ-dēn'
A nucleoside, C10 H14 N2 O5 , composed of thymine and deoxyribose.
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A crystalline nucleoside, C10H14N2O5, one of the basic components of DNA.
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A nucleoside, C10 H14 N2 O5 , composed of thymine and deoxyribose.
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A nucleoside composed of thymine and deoxyribose that (with the addition of phosphate to form the nucleotide thymine) occurs in DNA. Radioactively tagged thymidine has been used in genetics research to study DNA synthesis in the nuclei of cells undergoing cell division. Chemical formula: C10H14N2O5.
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(biochemistry, genetics) The nucleoside consisting of a combination of deoxyribose and thymine.
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Origin of thymidine

  • thym(ine) –id(e) –ine
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Thymidine Sentence Examples

  • Pharmacologic treatment for herpesvirus infections has targeted the virus-specific enzyme, thymidine kinase (TK ), with nucleoside analogs.

  • analogue away from a thymidine analog drug like AZT or D4T is associated with fat return.

  • The study product is an adenovirus derived vector which contains the gene for the enzyme thymidine kinase (TK ).

  • thymidine phosphorylase (platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor) is one such factor.

  • Figure 1 Sequence alignment of human platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF) and E. coli thymidine phosphorylase (TP ).

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