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Deoxycytidine vs Decitabine - What's the difference?

deoxycytidine | decitabine |

As nouns the difference between deoxycytidine and decitabine

is that deoxycytidine is (biochemistry|genetics) a nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to deoxyribose while decitabine is 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates dna by inhibiting dna methyltransferase.

deoxycytidine

English

Noun

(wikipedia deoxycytidine) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry, genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to deoxyribose

    • Related terms

    *cytidine

    decitabine

    English

    Noun

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