cytosine /cy·to·sine/ (si´to-sēn) a pyrimidine base occurring in animal and plant cells, usually condensed with ribose or deoxyribose to form the nucleosides cytidine and deoxycytidine, major constituents of nucleic acids. Symbol C.
cytosine arabinoside.
cytosine [si´to-sēn]
cytosine arabinoside cytarabine.
cytosine ar·a·bin·o·side ( r  -b n -s d, -rb-n -sd)n. Abbr. CA A compound of arabinose and cytosine that inhibits both DNA synthesis and the proliferation of viruses that contain DNA, used as a chemotherapeutic agent. Also called cytarabine. |
cytosine arabinoside.
See cytarabine.
cytosine [si´to-sēn]
a pyrimidine base found in nucleic acids.
cytosine arabinoside cytarabine.
cytosine
a pyrimidine base found in the nucleic acids, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).
cytosine arabinoside
see cytarabine.
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