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thymidine

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thymidine /thy·mi·dine/ (thi´mĭ-dēn) thymine linked to ribose, a rarely occurring base in rRNA and tRNA; frequently used incorrectly to denote deoxythymidine. Symbol T.
thy·mi·dine (thm-dn)
n.
A nucleoside composed of thymine and deoxyribose.

thymidine (dThd)
[thī′mədēn]
one of the four major nucleosides in DNA. It is formed by the condensation of thymine with deoxyribose.

thymidine [thi´mĭ-dēn]
a nucleoside of DNA.

thymidine
a nucleoside of DNA.


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However, patients in this study were identified as having failing treatment through viral load testing, suggesting that rates of thymidine analogue resistance could have been much higher if viral load monitoring had not been available.
69) For TdR, the rate-limiting steps are the initial phosphorylation catalyzed by thymidine kinase-1 (TK1) and the incorporation of thymidine triphosphate (TTP) into DNA, the latter step being the one that determines TdR retention in somatic tumors and probably in brain tumors as well.
 
 
 
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