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Cytosine vs Decitabine - What's the difference?

cytosine | decitabine |

As nouns the difference between cytosine and decitabine

is that cytosine is (biochemistry) a base, c4h5n3o, which pairs with guanine in dna and rna while decitabine is 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates dna by inhibiting dna methyltransferase.

cytosine

English

(wikipedia cytosine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A base, C4H5N3O, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA.

    • Derived terms

    * cytosine arabinoside

    decitabine

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia decitabine)
  • 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.