Cytosine Deaminase
"Cytosine Deaminase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme which catalyzes the deamination of CYTOSINE resulting in the formation of URACIL. It can also act on 5-methylcytosine to form THYMIDINE.
| Descriptor ID |
D043525
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.151.486.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Cytosine Deaminase- Cytosine Deaminase
- Deaminase, Cytosine
- Cytosine Aminohydrolase
- Aminohydrolase, Cytosine
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